Tag archives: Kerri Burns

Breaking Ground, Saving Animals
By Richard Mineards   |   August 26, 2025

Santa Barbara Humane, which was founded in 1897, truly had paws for thought when three rescue dogs were brought to the 3.98-acre site to break ground on a new $18 million addition, the first since the 1960s, which will include a new behavior center. In two years’ time, Phase Two will begin, which will quadruple […]

Talking TLC with SB Humane
By Joanne A Calitri   |   April 4, 2023

This week we visited with Kerri Burns, CEO of SB Humane and her team of CFO Paige Van Tuyl, and COO Dori Villalon at the Santa Barbara location on Overpass Road. The four-acre property holds a veterinary clinic and surgery center, food, lodging and training of dogs, a cat hotel, and offers shelter during local disasters […]