Abe Powell
Co-founder and CEO of Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade Courage to Lead, 2019- 2022 Decades before Abe Powell became known as the master behind the Bucket Brigade, he was a 25-year-old Vassar grad who moved back to his Santa Barbara hometown…
Sylvia Barnard
Executive Director, Good Samaritan Shelter Leading For Community Impact Sylvia Barnard was a single mom living on welfare when she put herself through college. She believed that education was her ticket out of poverty and when she graduated from UCSB…
Teresa Alvarez
Executive Director, Carpinteria Children’s Project Emerging Leaders, 2016 Teresa Alvarez knows firsthand how critical the services are that her organization, Carpinteria Children’s Project, provides. The nonprofit preschool prepares children for kindergarten and promotes access to a network of resources that help…
Gloria Soto
Executive Director, Future Leaders of America Council Member, City of Santa Maria Emerging Leaders, 2017 Cohort When Gloria Soto’s 8th-grade guidance counselor encouraged her to apply to Future Leaders of America (FLA), she had no idea that that experience…