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Retired attorney Jen Brown, whose legal work over two decades included high profile litigation spanning multiple continents has joined the board of directors of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. She received a bachelor’s degrees in political science and communications at the University of Washington before earning a law degree at Gonzaga University School of […]
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has honored 23 student artists during a presentation and reception at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Chosen as winners of the foundation’s Art Scholarship competition, each received a scholarship and their selected art submissions will be exhibited in the museum’s Family Resource Center through Feb. 12. “This was […]
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, hosted lunch at the Hilton for 250 guests to recognize donor and volunteers, after cancelling two previous lunch events in response to the pandemic. Featured speakers included Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons, an infectious disease physician and past foundation recipient, and Arturo “Cheech” Raygoza, a […]
The Scottish bagpipes sounded loud and clear at the University Club when Susan Keller’s Santa Barbara Revels celebrated its seventh annual Equinox concert celebrating the changing seasons. The al fresco evening on the Sola Patio combined selections from three centuries of Spanish and Mexican music of the New World, in an echo of the Revels […]
Capping an impactful, three-decade career in the area’s nonprofit sector, Barbara Robertson is retiring as president and CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, as of December 31. “We owe Barbara a tremendous debt of gratitude for her calm, steady leadership during a period of unprecedented social turmoil and uncertainty these past two-plus years,” […]
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, has awarded a total of $140 million in grants to students, with $7.7 million this year to 2,139 recipients, board chair Matt Rowe told nearly more than 180 guests at the annual dinner at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. The scheme started humbly […]
Julia Rodgers, a former journalist and attorney who now works as an independent writer and editor, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. A native of Illinois, Ms. Rodgers earned a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in journalism at Northwestern University before working as […]
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 […]
