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Mari Brennan Barrera
Vice President
Mari Brennan Barrera is the Vice-President of the Eos Foundation. Most recently, she was Executive Director of the Highland Street Foundation, a Massachusetts-based family philanthropy that supports opportunities for low-income and disabled individuals, with an emphasis on children and their families.
She previously served as Deputy Director for Hunt Alternatives Fund, a private foundation that advances innovative and inclusive approaches to social change at local, national, and global levels. There, Mari oversaw the development of new grant-making programs in Boston and nationally (ARTWorks for Kids and Prime Movers), and assisted in the management of the international program Women Waging Peace.
A graduate of the University of Connecticut and the Université de Rouen in France, Mari began her career as a community organizer with Neighbor to Neighbor, the Industrial Areas Foundation, and the National Estuary Program in Corpus Christi, Texas. She later honed her knowledge of the nonprofit sector as a development director and communications specialist for several Boston-area organizations.
Mari is a past board member of the Treehouse Foundation, which promotes family and community connections for children in foster care, and in 2007 was elected to the board of Associated Grant Makers.
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