Senator Tina Rose Muna Barnes
Member-at-Large

Senator Tina Rose Muña Barnes was elected to her second term in the Guam Legislature in November of 2006 as one of the seven members of the Democratic minority. She is the Minority Representative to the Guam Right to Know Commission, and also serves as the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Human Services and Homeland Security.

She is the daughter of Ana Anderson Atoigue Muña and the late William Pereira “Bill” Muña, wellknown trumpeter and band leader. She has eight brothers and sisters, including an identical twin sister, Donna Muña Quinata. Tina is married to Jacob Cruz Barnes and they have three children, Tiffany Rose and fiancé Kenneth L.G. Cruz, Jacob “Coby,” and Jathan Ryan. Tina and Jacob Barnes have three grandchildren, Kristian Jacob, Kristiana Linette and Gabriel.

Tina is an athlete, having played softball, basketball and volleyball in Guam, and for teams representing Guam at the South Pacific and Oceania Games in ’87, ’89 and ’91. She was an SPG Commission member in Tahiti in ’95, and Guam basketball tournament director, ’94 Micronesian Games. She is an avid runner and keeps in shape by competing regularly in running events.

Tina is committed to public service and is presently or has been a member of many organizations including the Sunrise Rotary, Soroptimists of Guam, Sanctuary, Guma Mami, Salvation Army, Bill Muña Foundation, Coral Life Foundation, Guam System for Assistive Technology, Inafa’Maolek, and the State Council on Vocational Education. Tina often volunteers her time to assist non-profit organizations and causes, and is a regular at Relay for Life, having participated as a member of the Legislature as well as when she was an employee of Atkins Kroll.

Tina served as a member of the majority in the 27th Guam Legislature, holding the position of Chairperson of the Committee on Community, Culture, Recreation and Public Broadcasting, and was Secretary of the Legislature. Her work experience includes nearly 15 years at Guam’s Public Defenders Service Corporation (PDSC), where she helped thousands of families who were unable to afford legal assistance. She was an investigator at PDSC in 1995 when she was appointed as Executive Director of the South Pacific Games Commission, to prepare for Guam’s hosting of the 1999 Games, featuring participants from more than 22 Pacific nations and territories. Tina was then appointed to be Deputy Director of the newly organized Department of Integrated Services for Individuals with Disabilities (DISID), an umbrella organization to handle the needs of members of the disabled community. Before her election to the 29th Legislature, Tina was a sales executive for Guam’s largest automobile dealership, Atkins Kroll.



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