Elizabeth Ann Barrutia

President & CEO
BARÚ Advertising

Elizabeth Barrutia founded BARÚ in 2007 to engage untapped consumer groups with a new crosscultural perspective. With a 20+ year career in general and Hispanic markets, she is an industry innovator in multicultural marketing and media. Barrutia has cultivated an agency that has made a positive impact on social and behavioral change among hard-to-reach, multicultural communities.

Barrutia’s background in entertainment marketing brings the agency a keen expertise in bringing unconventional to life. She's developed large-scale, multichannel campaigns for entertainment companies, including Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, ABC Television Networks, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Fox Deportes and more. She has also worked in an array of other category verticals from retail, grocery, consumer packaged goods, alc-bev and technology. Barrutia has been recognized for her excellence through multiple awards. Having lived in Spain, Brazil and Mexico, she is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.