CURRENT PARTICIPANTS OF EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM
Sarah Abrams (2025)
The Starfish Connection
Angela Bertucci (2025)
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
Karla Can (2025)
Immigrant Hope Santa Barbara
Eduardo Capristo (2025)
Housing Authority of Santa Barbara
Leslie Chan (2025)
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County
Lyndsay Cooke (2025)
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation
John Crowell (2025)
People Helping People
Drew Davis (2025)
The Granada Theatre
Cynthia Estrada (2025)
Mental Wellness Center
Yoseline Gonzalez (2025)
Children’s Creative Project
Ana Maya (2025)
LEAP
Luis Naranjo (2025)
Santa Barbara City College Foundation
Louisa Ornelas (2025)
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Anne-Marie Parkinson (2025)
Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council
Roxanne Pereira (2025)
Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara
Christianne Rojo (2025)
United Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara County
Vanessa Ruvalcaba (2025)
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara
Kevin Spracher (2025)
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Courtney Tentler (2025)
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Brenda Villa (2025)
Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization
EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM ALUMNI
Aaron Johnson (2014)
Community Action Commission (CAC)
Adolfo Garcia (2013)
CALM
Alejandra Gutierrez (2017)
City of Santa Barbara, SB Unified School District
Alice Redit (2014)
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara / 2nd Story Associates
Alícia Jimenez (2019)
Storyteller Children’s Center
Alison Wales (2017)
North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center
Alison Espinola (2022)
Family Service Agency
Alma Marquez (2015)
Santa Maria Valley Youth and Family Center
Amanda Graves (2018)
Ana Huynh (2022)
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)
Ana Rico (2019)
Community Environmental Council
Ana Smith (2022)
White Buffalo Land Trust
Anbareen Shefa (2023-24)
Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative
Andrea Gallardo (2016)
UCSB Office of Admissions
Andrew Clinard (2019)
Quail Springs Permaculture
Andrew McGowan (2018)
CALM
Angela Manavella (2022)
LegacyWorks Group
Ann Cowell (2015)
Vertical Change
Annabel Padilla (2018)
Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara
Annie Vu (2020-21)
Direct Relief
Anthony Hickling (2018)
Carbon Leadership Forum
Arianna Castellanos (2019)
SEE International
Ashleigh Erving (2016)
CALM
Ashley Costa (2014)
Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization
Ashley Goldstein (2023-24)
Women’s Economic Ventures
Ashlyn McCague (2014)
CALM
Ashley Myers (2023-24)
Anti-Defamation League, Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties
Bennett Rock (2020-21)
Explore Ecology
Bethany Sutherland (2020-21)
Goleta Education Foundation
Brenda Mendoza Alamo (2022)
Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara
Brittany Napier (2017)
Santa Barbara Foundation
Cameron Gray (2017)
Community Environmental Council
Casey O’Toole (2014)
O’Toole Realty
Catelynn Kenner (2023-24)
First Five Santa Barbara
Cesar Arroyo (2015)
Community Action Commission
Chandler McLane (2023-24)
Wilderness Youth Project
Charla Bregante (2018)
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
Chelsea Duffy (2016)
Partners in Education
Christina Hernandez (2022)
The Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Center
Christopher Ragland (2022)
The Sea League
Clarissa Montenegro Uhl (2017)
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
Craig Wood (2018)
Daniel Ramírez (2019)
KZAA La Casa de la Raza
David Rojas (2022)
The Turner Foundation
Deise Ponce Capristo (2015)
CALM
Deanna Vallejo (2019)
Santa Barbara Foundation
DeeDee Conrad (2020-21)
Then Comes Baby
Devin Scott (2023-24)
Sansum Clinic
Diego Ortiz (2023-24)
The Nature Conservancy in California
Dolores Daniel (2022)
Transition House
Dylan Houck (2018)
Dyve Biosciences
Eder Gaona-Macedo (2016)
Fund for Santa Barbara
Eduardo Mendoza (2015)
Direct Relief
Elena Richardson (2014)
Elisa Pardo (2018)
Community Action Commission
Elizabeth Adams (2018)
Partners in Education
Elizabeth Hahn (2015)
Santa Barbara Zoo
Emily Casarez (2018)
Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization
Eric Friedman (2014)
Santa Barbara City Council
Erika Terrazas (2022)
Partners In Education
Erin Gardner (2020-21)
Allan Hancock College Foundation
Erin Weber (2015)
Axiom Advisors
Eva-Maria Catalan (2020-21)
Future Leaders of America
Frances Contreras (2023-24)
United Way of Santa Barbara County
Frank Rodriguez (2018)
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
Franky Viveros (2020-21)
SB Unified School District
Gabriela Macias-Mota (2018)
Gina Fischer (2015)
Third District Supervisor Joan Hartman
Gloria Soto (2017)
Future Leaders of America
Guadalupe Perez (2023-24)
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Hannah Rael (2014)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ismael Ulloa (2014)
Santa Barbara Unified School District
Jacob Adivi (2023-24)
Clay Studio SB
Jacqueline Valencia (2023-24)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Jacquelyne Alexander (2020-21)
County of Santa Barbara
Jamie Creason (2020-21)
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
James Nichols (2013)
Avivar Capital
Jason Patton (2014)
Jefferson Litten (2015)
City of Santa Barbara
Jenna Hamilton-Rolle (2022)
UC Santa Barbara
Jennifer Hernandez (2022)
Community Environmental Center
Jessica Ramirez (2022)
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Joanna Romo (2017)
CAC/Cal-SOAP
Joey Juhasz-Lukomski (2016)
BikeVentura
John Lofthus (2013)
UCSB Graduate Division
Jordan Killebrew (2017)
Santa Barbara City College
Joshua Canada (2017)
Azusa Pacific University
Joshua Simmons (2013)
Prosper Sustainably
Juan Pimentel (2013)
LEAP
Julia Lara (2017)
Family Service Agency
Julissa Garcia (2015)
Santa Barbara City College
Jesus Lopez (2020-21)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Julia Daly (2020-21)
Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture
Julissa Peña (2020-21)
SB County Immigrant Legal Defense Center
Kai Tepper (2017)
Children’s Creative Project
Kaia Joye Wesolowski (2023-24)
MOXI
Kate Kurlas (2018)
Kate MacNaughton (2019)
MOXI
Kathryn Cherkas (2019)
Friendship Center
Katie Kinsella (2022)
Mission Scholars
Kara Hornbuckle (2019)
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Karin Powers (2018)
Lompoc Valley Community Health Care Organization
Katie Torres (2015)
County of Santa Barbara
Kelly Whitaker (2015)
Kemba Lawrence (2023-24)
CommUnify
Ken Gates (2014)
Kimberly Coley (2013)
Habitat for Humanity
Kristen Tippelt (2014)
The Georgetown Project
Kristina Lauterio (2019)
Easy Lift Transportation
Kristina Webster (2017)
Lacey Baldiviez (2018)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Lauren Loza (2023-24)
PathPoint
Lauren Winnewisser (2017)
Wilderness Youth Project
Leah Genevieve Combs (2020-21)
Family Service Agency
Lindsay Cortina (2017)
Sansum Clinic
Lindsay Johnson (2015)
Explore Ecology
Lisa Skvarla (2019)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Lisa Ulrich (2016)
CALM
Lucia Torres (2014)
Community Action Commission
Lucille Boss (2016)
County of SB, Community Services Department, Housing and Community Development Division, Homeless Programs
Magdalena Berumen (2013)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Mari Ortega-Garcia (2016)
Guadalupe Union School District
Maria Caudillo (2018)
Santa Barbara Foundation
Mario Mendez (2020-21)
Wilderness Youth Project
Marjan Riazi (2015)
Level Forward
Mauricio Gomez (2017)
South Coast Habitat Restoration
Max Rorty (2019)
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
Megan Birney (2013)
Unite to Light
Megan Turley (2017)
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSSB
Melissa Howard (2014)
Diametric Data Systems
Melissa Walker (2013)
Storyteller Children’s Center
Michael Chiacos (2013)
Community Environmental Council
Michael Velasquez (2022)
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition
Michelle Kerwood (2023-24)
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
Michelle Marland (2014)
Catholic Relief Services
Michelle Sevilla (2020-21)
California State Assembly
Misha Garrison (2016)
Sixth & I
Molly Kemper (2015)
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Naj Alikhan (2015)
Emmada Psychology
Natalia Alarcon (2017)
Girls Inc. of Santa Barbara
Nathalie Keller (2020-21)
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Nicki Parr (2020-21)
Women’s Economic Ventures
Nicole Biergiel (2013)
City of Santa Barbara
Nicole Jones (2019)
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
Niki Richardson (2013)
Thousand Oaks Alliance for the Arts (TOARTS)
Nonie Hamilton (2017)
UCSB Capps Center
Oscar Gutierrez (2022)
City of Santa Barbara
Patricia Solorio (2016)
Fund for Santa Barbara
Raul Aguilera (2023-24)
REACH Fellowship
Robin Elander (2022)
Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara
Valerie Amador (2015)
CASA of Santa Barbara County
Rachel Johnson (2017)
Foundation for SBCC
Rachel Van Mullem (2019)
County of Santa Barbara
Ralph Ybarra (2016)
CommUnify
Rebecca Anderson (2013)
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Rick Wayman (2019)
Rosalinda Ruíz (2019)
Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara
Rubi Castellanos (2018)
Leading From Within
Sabrina Freidenfelds (2020-21)
Then Comes Baby
Sam Franz (2022)
White Buffalo Land Trust
Samantha Alvarez (2020-21)
Leading From Within
Samir Rai (2019)
Direct Relief
Sara Bazan (2013)
Coach
Sarah Didline (2022)
Museum of Contemporary Art of Santa Barbara
Saul Serrano (2013)
Hope and Heal Fund
Selena Rockwell (2016)
Serineh Vartani (2023-24)
LEAP
Shelby Wild Brown (2023-24)
Route One Farmers Market
Stanley Tzankov (2015)
CAUSE
Sydney Castaneda (2019)
Isla Vista Community Services District
Susan Cass (2018)
Storyteller Children’s Center
Tania Reyes (2022)
Fund for Santa Barbara
Teresa Alvarez (2016)
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Teri Creath (2019)
Tim Molloy (2016)
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission
Trinity Schwartz (2018)
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission
Tristin Sherman (2016)
UCSB Humanities and Fine Arts Department
Tyler Speier (2016)
Tyler Speier Events
Vanessa Stowers (2023-24)
The Land Trust For Santa Barbara County
Victoria Dominguez (2023-24)
SBCC Foundation
Violeta Solis (2016)
CALM
Vicente Garcia, Jr. (2017)
CALM
Viviana Morales (2022)
Office of California State Senator Monique Limon
Wendy Sims-Moten (2014)
First 5 Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara Unified School Board
Zahra Nahar-Moore (2014)
Blue Shield of California