Executive Director, Public Affairs and Communications at SBCC Emerging Leaders, 2017 Growing up, Jordan moved around a lot – from various homes around Los Angeles to El Paso, Texas to Bakersfield, California. Because of this, he craved being rooted and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I'm not about to be eloquent here. Maybe like you, I was still trying to process the Buffalo killings when the news broke about the elementary school shooting in Texas. My mind is a swirl of guns, mental illness, and…
SOURCE: ANN PIERAMICI FOR LEADING FROM WITHIN SANTA BARBARA, California, (March 2022) – Leading From Within (LFW) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new board members who will help advance the mission and extend the impact of the 14-year-old nonprofit…
The documentary Our Words Collide, screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this weekend, offers inspiration through poetry. Five youth share their stories as they digest the tumult of life through artfully crafted spoken word. Poetry becomes their superpower,…
When the problems we face seem intractable, there is no better inspiration than the transformative stories and examples of leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflecting upon his namesake holiday this past month, what is so moving is the combination…
Santa Barbara Latino Philanthropic Leaders Raise $15,000 for Leadership Development and Invite New Members to join the 2022 Giving Cycle A group of Latino leaders have come together to pool financial resources to support local nonprofits that are committed to…