Director’s Chair

By Richard Mineards   |   November 16, 2017
Tim Dougherty lands director job at Scholarship Foundation

Tim Dougherty, a former journalist-turned-publicist for local classical music organizations and other area nonprofits, has been named director of marketing and communications at the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.

Tim, a graduate of UCSB, began his career as a reporter and editor at South Coast Community Newspapers, a now-defunct chain of local weeklies.

Following editing stints at the Camarillo Daily News and the Ventura County Star-Free Press, he joined the office of public affairs at UCSB, where he served as an editor and pubic information officer, eventually becoming communications manager at the Music Academy of the West.

Most recently, he operated his own public relations and communications consultancy, representing the Santa Barbara Symphony, Opera Santa Barbara, and the SB Chamber Orchestra, among other organizations.

His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and innumerable publications nationwide.

 

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