Jarrett Barrios serves as the Senior Vice President for International Services and Services to Armed Forces at the American Red Cross. In his role, he provides oversight and direction for all global American Red Cross programs, including support to US service members, veterans and their families around the world, international disaster response and recovery efforts, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center, the Measles & Rubella Initiative, and resiliency programming partnerships in 14 nations in Asia, Latin America and Oceania.

Prior to this role, Jarrett led the Red Cross in Los Angeles and in Massachusetts. He has also worked with the California Community Foundation and served as the CEO of GLAAD from 2009 to 2011. Elected as a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1998, Barrios was the first openly gay person of color elected to a state legislature in the United States. In the Massachusetts Senate he chaired the Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee and was the Vice Chair of the Health Care Committee. In 2023 he was inducted into the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund’s Hall of Fame.