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COURAGE TO LEAD ALUMNI

177 nonprofit executive leaders have completed our year-long program to date, and the great majority of them continue to engage actively as part of the growing Courage to Lead alumni community.

Our alumni to date include:

Santa Barbara County

Ada Conner (14-15)
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

Ali Cortes (18-19)
A Different Point of View

Angela Hacker (13-14)
Prosper Sustainably

Annmarie Cameron (11-12)
Mental Wellness Center

Barbara Andersen (10-11)

Barbara Finch (14-15)
Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services

Beth Pitton-August (10-11)
UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Bonnie Campbell (10-11)

Brian McWilliams (13-14)
Santa Barbara Middle School

Carl Palmer (14-15)
LegacyWorks Group

Carolyn Brown (11-12)

Carrie Kappel (18-19)
University of California, Santa Barbara

Carrie Wanek (13-14) 
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Cecilia Rodriguez (08-09)

Chris Tucker (16-17)
HACSB/Parsons Group

Christy Stillwell (18-19)
What is LOVE

Chuck Flacks (16-17)
People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)

Connie Alexander (18-19)
Gateway Educational Services

Craig Olson (17-18)
Hillside House

Cynder Sinclair (13-14)
Nonprofit Kinect

Dan Fontaine (16-17)
Wilderness Youth Project

David Selberg (16-17)
Hospice of Santa Barbara

Dawn O’Bar (16-17)

Deborah Holmes (10-11)

Donna Fisher (16-17)
Storyteller Children’s Center

Doug Flaker (17-18)
Health Center Partners of Southern California

Ed France (13-14)
Leading From Within

Elaine Mah Best (18-19)
Santa Barbara Zoo

Eileen Monahan (16-17)
Eileen Monahan Consulting

Elizabeth Gaynes (16-17)
Congregation Bnai Brith

Ellen Goodstein (13-14)
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

Eloisa Chavez (17-18)
SEE International

Eric Cardenas (17-18)
LoaCom

Erik Talkin (10-11)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Erika Lindemann (17-18)
Wilderness Youth Project

Ernesto Paredes (08-09)
Easy Lift Transportation

Eryn Shugart (16-17)
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation

Florence Bednersh (18-19)
Children & Family Resource Services

Frederick Janka (16-17)
Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation

Gabriela Dodson (18-19)
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County

Ginny Kuhn (17-18)
Prison Yoga Santa Barbara

Gracie Huerta (14-15)
UCSB Housing & Dining

Greg Gorga (11-12)
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Gwen Stauffer (10-11)

Hannah Rubalcava (11-12)
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission

Jamie Nichols (14-15)

Jane Lindsey (11-12)
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Jarrod Schwartz (08-09)
Just Communities

Jason Dominguez (14-15)
Santa Barbara City Council

Jenn Paul (14-15)
New Beginnings Counseling Center

John “Abe” Powell (18-19)
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade

Josefa Rios (16-17)
SBC Promotores Network

Josh Simmons (11-12)
Prosper Sustainably

Joyce Stone (14-15)

Judy Hawkins (08-09)
Ruby Road Leadership

Julie Lopp (08-09)

JT Turner (14-15)

Kate Carter (10-11)
LifeChronicles

Ken Ralph (18-19)
Showers of Blessings

Kim Davis (16-17)
CASA of Santa Barbara County

Kira Redmond (13-14)
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

Laura Camp (14-15)
Montecito Water District

Laurel Phillips (10-11)           
Santa Barbara Birth Center

Linda Cole (10-11)
African Women Rising

Lisa Bass  (18-19)
Lisa Bass, Evaluation and Planning for Social Impact

Lori Goodman (13-14)
Isla Vista Youth Projects

Lorraine Neenan (16-17)
Community Action Commission

LuAnn Miller (13-14)

Margie Yahyavi (11-12)
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Maria Long (08-09)
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

Mark Tollefson (11-12)

Mary Sheridan (14-15)

Matthew Huff (17-18)
Cottage Health

Mattie Gadsby (14-15)
Community Action Commission

Melinda Staveley (08-09)
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

Michael Andrews (18-19)
Boxtales Theatre Company

Michelle Graham (10-11)
Children’s Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

Michelle Robertson (17-18)
Santa Barbara Unified School District

Miki Garcia (10-11)
Arizona State University Art Museum

Nancy Edmundson (08-09)
Courage & Renewal Facilitator

Nancy Tillie (16-17)
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

Nancy Ranck (17-18)
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County

Nancy Shobe (11-12)
The Spirited Filly

Nicolasa (Niki) Sandoval (08-09)
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

Owen Bailey (14-15)
Environmental Defense Center

Patricia Madrigal (17-18)
Santa Barbara Unified School District

Paul Wilkins (18-19)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Raissa Smorol (16-17)
Foundation for Santa Barbara City College

Raquel Lopez (14-15)

Rick Boller (18-19)
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation

Roger Durling (16-17)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Rosalina Macisco (13-14)
Santa Barbara Dance Institute (SBDI)

Sandra Copley (11-12)
Santa Barbara Public Health Dept.

Sara Spataro (10-11)

Sarah Rubin (17-18)
Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture

Sigrid Wright (08-09)
Community Environmental Council

Stephanie Glatt (10-11)
La Casa de Maria

Tamara Skov (10-11)
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

Terri Allison (14-15)
Moonlit Consulting

Tim Schwartz (10-11) 
UCSB – Cottage Translational Medicine Research Lab

Timothy Bigelow (17-18)
Pacific Pride

Victoria Juarez (13-14)
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara

William Peters (14-15)
Shared Crossing Research Initiative

Ventura County

Ana Becerra (16-17)
National Equity Project

Alice Villarreal Redit (18-19)
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara

Cindy Polhemus (08-09)

Dena Jenson (17-18)
California Lutheran University – Center for Nonprofit Leadership

Jerry Beckerman (13-14)
Segue Career Mentors

Jill Sarick Santos (18-19)
The MERITO Foundation/RHEA Consulting

Kate English (17-18)
One Step A La Vez

Kathy Wertheim (13-14) 
Werth-It

Norbert Tan (14-15)
S.B. Lemons & Company

Vicki Murphy (11-12)

Los Angeles County

Aziza Hasan (17-18)
NewGround: A Muslim Jewish Partnership For Change

Amy Eriksen (17-18)
Angels Gate Cultural Center

Alex Dorsey (11-12)
Urban Collaboratives

Anita Landecker (16-17)
ExED

Andrea Hodos (18-19)
NewGround: A Muslim Jewish Partnership For Change

Anita Zamora (18-19)
Venice Family Clinic

Asuka Hisa (16-17)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Ben Schirmer (16-17)
Guide Dogs of the Desert

Cathy Friedman (14-15)

Channa Grace (11-12)
Women Organizing Resources, Knowledge & Services (WORKS)

Christina Miller (13-14) 
Mental Health America of Los Angeles

Cindy Chyr (17-18)
American Film Institute

Clare Fox (18-19)
Everytable

Claire Knowlton (13-14)
Nonprofit Finance Fund

Colette Hadley (08-09)
National College Access Network

Cynthia Campoy Brophy (17-18)

Cynthia Sanchez (18-19)
Proyecto Pastoral

Debbie Ching (11-12)
Nonprofit Consulting Group

Debra Hammond (14-15)
University Student Union, CSUN

Debra Suh (16-17)
Center for the Pacific Asian Family

Dennis Keeley (13-14)
Art Center College of Design

Donald Strauss (17-18)
Antioch University Los Angeles

Dove Pressnall (13-14)
Survivor’s Truth

Eli Kaufman (17-18)
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

Elisa Callow (11-12)
Nonprofit Consultant

Esther Feldman (08-09)
Community Conservancy Solutions

Gretchen Brickson (10-11)
Corporation for Supportive Housing, Los Angeles Program

Helen Leung (18-19)
LA-Más

Hellen Hong (13-14)
State Bar of California, Office of Access and Inclusion

Helmi Hisserich (17-18)
Los Angeles Research Library

Hilda Maldonado (17-18)
LAUSD

Isabelle Lutterodt (13-14)
City of Los Angeles, Art Center 

Jan Williamson (14-15)
18th Street Arts Center

Janis Spire (13-14)
JMS Consulting

Jeff Schaffer (18-19)
JMC Philanthropic Advisors

Jonathan Zeichner (08-09)
A Place Called Home

Kaile Shilling (17-18)
Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network

Kazue Shibata (14-15)
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture

Kristen Pichler (17-18)
University Student Union at California State University, Northridge

Kristin Runnels (18-19)
Kristin Runnels | Grant Consulting

Leigh Curran (08-09)

Lisa Watson (16-17)
Watson Consulting Group

Luther Richert (14-15)  
The People Concern

Manjusha Kulkarni (14-15)

Maritza de Artan (14-15)

Mark Wilson (18-19)  
Coalition for Responsible Community Development

Mary Beth Trautwein (13-14) 

Melinda Cordero-Barzaga (17-18)
Vision y Compromiso

Nancy Ibrahim (13-14)
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation

Omar Brownson (16-17)
gthx

Oscar De La O (13-14)
Bienestar Human Services

Raul Estrada (18-19)  
El Centro de Ayuda

Ruth Slaughter (11-12)
Nonprofit Consultant

Sally Fairman (10-11)
National Foster Youth Institute

Scott Ward (14-15)

Shelby Williams-Gonzales (16-17)
artworxLA

Tammy Membreno (18-19)  
Barrio Action Youth & Family Center

Tim Carpenter (17-18)
EngAGE

Varina Bleil (10-11)
United Friends of the Children

Vera deVera (13-14)
Weingart Foundation

Yvette Chappell-Ingram (16-17)
African American Board Leadership Institute

San Francisco Bay Area

Armando Nieto (14-15)
Community Food and Justice Coalition

Grainger Marburg (10-11)
Well Being Trust

Julia Wilson (11-12)
One Justice and LAAC

Kim Irish (16-17)
One Justice

Lyra Ghose (10-11)
Stanford University

Monica Spear (08-09)

Orange County

Je’Net Kreitner (16-17)
Grandma’s House of Hope

Vivian Clecak (14-15)

Palm Springs Area

Daniela Ryan (13-14)
Dezart Performs

Karen Lin (14-15)
Green Room Theatre Company

Other

Beverly Engel (08-09)

Janet Stanley (08-09)

Larry Elsner (10-11)

Mary Golden (10-11)
A Right Place For Seniors

Mary Morton  (11-12)

Michael Morton (11-12)

Shelley Noble-Letort (10-11)
Nordic Integrative Medicine

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