| Barb Yarusso | |
| State House: | Minnesota |
| District: | 42A |
| Term Start: | January 8, 2013 |
| Term End: | January 3, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | redrawn district |
| Successor: | Randy Jessup |
| Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Birth Place: | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Alma Mater: | University of Minnesota (B.Ch.E.) University of Wisconsin - Madison (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation: | adjunct assistant professor |
| Spouse: | Dave |
| Children: | 3 |
Barb Yarusso (born 1956) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 42A, which included portions of Ramsey County, Minnesota in the north-central Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Yarusso grew up primarily in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, and graduated from Columbia Heights High School. She earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and Ph.D. in the same field from University of Wisconsin - Madison.[1] After college, she worked in the lab as an engineer for General Mills and as an industrial trainer and self-employed engineering consultant for HB Fuller, 3M, and Ecolab, as well as teaching at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Hill-Murray School, the University of Minnesota, and as a freelance tutor.[2]
Yarusso was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012 to an open seat created by post-census redistricting. She lost re-election to Republican Randy Jessup in 2016.