COURAGE TO LEAD CURRENT PARTICIPANTS
Ali Cortes
A Different Point of View
Alice Villarreal Redit
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
Andrea Hodos
NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change
Anita Zamora
Venice Family Clinic
Carrie Kappel
University of California Santa Barbara
Christy Stillwell
What is LOVE
Clare Fox
Everytable
Connie Alexander
Gateway Educational Services
Cynthia Sanchez
Proyecto Pastoral
Elaine K. Mah Best
Santa Barbara Zoo
Elizabeth Timme
LA-Más
Florene Bednersh
Children & Family Resource Services
Gabriela Dodson
Mental Wellness Center
Helen Leung
LA-Más
Jeff Schaffer
JMC Philanthropic Advisors
Jill Sarick Santos
Ventura County Public Health
John “Abe” Powell
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade
Karen Nielsen
Partners in Housing Solutions
Ken Ralph
Showers of Blessing
Kristin Runnels
Kristin Runnels | Grant Consulting
Lisa Bass
Lisa Bass, Evaluation and Planning for Social Impact
Maria Chesley
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Mark Wilson
Coalition for Responsible Community Development
Michael Andrews
Boxtales Theatre Company
Paul Wilkins
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Raul Estrada
El Centro de Ayuda
Rick Boller
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation
Tammy Membreno
Barrio Action Youth & Family Center
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
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 Wanek (13-14)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Cecilia Rodriguez (08-09)
Chris Tucker (16-17)
HACSB/Parsons Group
Chuck Flacks (16-17)
People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)
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
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
Frederick Janka (16-17)
Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation
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
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
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
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
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
Raissa Smorol (16-17)
Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
Raquel Lopez (14-15)
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
Cindy Polhemus (08-09)
Dena Jenson (17-18)
California Lutheran University – Center for Nonprofit Leadership
Jerry Beckerman (13-14)
Segue Career Mentors
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
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
Claire Knowlton (13-14)
Nonprofit Finance Fund
Colette Hadley (08-09)
National College Access Network
Cynthia Campoy Brophy (17-18)
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
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
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
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)
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
Ruth Slaughter (11-12)
Nonprofit Consultant
Sally Fairman (10-11)
National Foster Youth Institute
Scott Ward (14-15)
Shelby Williams-Gonzales (16-17)
artworxLA
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