Ting Barnard

Mom – Connector – Philanthropist

 

Clutching her father, the duo departed the water in Thailand and soon waved down the helicopter they would soon board for their journey to America. They arrived in the United States with absolutely nothing, but the clothes on their backs and hope for a better life.

Ting Barnard was just a year old.

A Laotian refugee who grew up watching her parents struggle to educate and provide for four children, Ting now measures her own success by the help she offers to her community.

When Ting was dropped off at Boston University to start her freshman year, her belongings stuffed in black garbage bags, she was determined to succeed. After graduation, she landed a job on Wall Street and used her first bonus to buy computers for the Center for Southeast Asians in Providence.

Today, she is the owner of a creative studio in Providence where she focuses on “connecTing” and “collaboraTing” by listening, learning and sharing stories through marketing and storytelling.

Helping others is her passion.

Ting is making an impact as a board member of Leadership Rhode Island, StyleWeek and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. She also assists several local nonprofits, including Year Up Rhode Island, Lincoln School, Children’s Friend and Sophia Academy.

A mom of a pre-teen daughter and wife to her award-winning creative partner, Ian, she is a lover of food and family.