Meet the Team

President, Montecito Union School Board

Co-Chair, Santa Barbara Human Rights Watch

Former Chair of Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Safety Net Task Force

38 years of fire and emergency response in Santa Barbara County

13 years experience on Type 1 National Incident Management Team

30+ years of political action in Santa Barbara, statewide and nationally on public safety issues

40-year Montecito resident; Chair, Montecito Planning Commission; real estate and corporate law

Publisher, Santa Barbara News-Press ; Publisher, Santa Barbara Independent, Inc.; Director, Jordano's, Inc. and other public and private companies

President, Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara; Co-President, Montecito Educational Foundation; President, Knowlwood Tennis Club; Vice-President, Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation, Santa Barbara Zoo

Manages full service PR, government relations and strategic communications firm

Manages permitting and community ballot initiatives

Appointed by Governor Brown to Board of 19th District Agricultural Association, which runs Earl Warren Showground, where she is Vice President

Lifelong builder and innovator with an emphasis environmental and alternative solutions

Developed one of the first “living vegetative wall” which has been functioning perfectly and without interruption since it was first installed 20 years ago

Currently building the first hydrogen powered house in Los Angeles

Served on Montecito Association on Transportation subcommittees and the Community Alternative uUrban Freeway Design Group.

Owned and operated a civil engineering and transportation company for 47years

Local large avocado grower with experience with water exploration and of watershed drainage

Co-chaired $27 m capital campaign to build MOXI

Worked at Santa Barbara Foundation

Serves on Board of Directors of the Mosher Foundation

Worked at Direct Relief, which epitomizes speedy disaster relief

Instrumental in establishing the private/public sector partnership of the Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance whom to date has donated over a million dollars worth of leading edge technology equipment on city and county firetrucks.

President, Rotary Club of Montecito 2017-2018; former Board member: Santa Barbara Estate Planning Council; Girls Inc,; National Charity League; Laguna Blanca Parents Auxiliary; Santa Barbara Firefighter’s Alliance; St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church; Eucalyptus Hill Homeowners Association; etc.

During 1990 Painted Cave crashed thru locked wrought iron entry gate Fire In Mercedes 300 TD and drove thru flames on lengthy driveway to take children and animals to safety

Entrepreneur, created public Private Partnerships, saving over $1B to Federal and State Government and generative over $600MM in cash profit sharing for government partners.

Part of citizen team to work with county and USFS to open Santa Maria Airport for Air Tanker Fire support

Former President of Montecito Union School Board

Community advocate, writer, public speaker

Author of best-selling book,  “The Silver Lining: A Supportive and Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer”

Palliative Care Nurse, Social Worker, Child Development Specialist 

Community advocate, writer, public speaker

Author of best-selling book,  “The Silver Lining: A Supportive and Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer”

Palliative Care Nurse, Social Worker, Child Development Specialist 

Community advocate, writer, public speaker

Author of best-selling book,  “The Silver Lining: A Supportive and Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer”

Palliative Care Nurse, Social Worker, Child Development Specialist 

Community advocate, writer, public speaker

Author of best-selling book,  “The Silver Lining: A Supportive and Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer”

Palliative Care Nurse, Social Worker, Child Development Specialist