Tag archives: Jackie Carrera

SBF Donors Respond
By Richard Mineards   |   October 21, 2025

Golden light set the atmosphere for the Santa Barbara Foundation’s annual Catalyst Reception, a special event to honor donors, partners, and supporters. The festive fall fête took place at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, where a benevolent crowd gathered in a courtyard nestled between two historic adobes. Sporting cowboy boots with spurs, we couldn’t resist […]

Foundational Persons
By Richard Mineards   |   April 30, 2024

It was a very in-tents occasion when a giant marquee covered the Hilton Hotel’s rotunda when the Santa Barbara Foundation held its 81st Persons of the Year lunch, with awards going to Jim Morouse and Peter Schuyler, whose mother Jane Schuyler won the award in 1997, making them the first mother-son duo to be so […]

Foundational Persons
By Richard Mineards   |   May 2, 2023

Eight decades of history were celebrated when the Santa Barbara Foundation held its 80th Persons of the Year awards at the socially gridlocked Hilton rotunda for 280 guests. “We are fortunate to be able to celebrate two truly inspirational role models in our community at Person of the Year,” noted Jackie Carrera, foundation president and […]