Tristan Barako

Tristan Barako has broad experience as a fundraiser, writer, and researcher in diverse settings, especially higher education, health care, and media production. For the past four years at BU, he has led the Foundation Relations team, which identifies and secures private institutional funding for most of the University’s schools and colleges. Previously he served as Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Massachusetts General Hospital and Senior Research Development Specialist at Brown University, where he focused on federal funding. Before working in fundraising, he researched, wrote, and edited scripts for highly rated, award-winning documentaries appearing on America Public Television (PBS/NOVA). Tristan trained as an archaeologist, receiving his MA and PhD at Harvard University, during which time he excavated and surveyed throughout the Mediterranean region, both on land and at sea.