Tanya Barrientos, director of Executive Communications, is a creative and strategic communications specialist, speechwriter, published novelist and former newspaper columnist, editor, and reporter. Prior to joining the Foundation, Tanya was manager for Internal Communications at the University of Pennsylvania where she was responsible for communications to 31,000 University faculty and staff as well as executive writing for the president. Before joining the University of Pennsylvania, Tanya served as senior writer at the National Constitution Center, where she was responsible for all institutional messaging and public remarks by the president. In addition, she has over 20 years of experience as a columnist, editor, and writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Tanya received a BA in Journalism from the University of Missouri.
Tanya M. Barrientos
Director, Executive Communications
