SBCC Foundation’s New CEO 

Bobbi Abram is Santa Barbara City College Foundation’s new chief executive officer, starting May 1.

Abram has spent most of her career as a leader in nonprofit and higher education fundraising and administration, and has served as executive director of the Pasadena City College Foundation since 2012.

“This is an exciting time to be joining the foundation, with its 50th anniversary on the horizon and the groundbreaking SBCC Promise serving over 1,600 students this semester.”

At the start of her career in higher education advancement, Abram served as executive director of the foundation at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, and later as manager of alumni relations and development for Johnson County Community College.

She also served as President of the California Network of Community College Foundation’s board of directors and has been active in the network for more than a decade.

Welcome to the ‘hood…