Board of Trustees

Brian Schwabecher
President

Michael Osborn
Vice President

Victor Garza
Vice President

Valerie Tyler
Treasurer

Monica Ballon
Board Member

Brian Bosse
Board Member

Valerie Ellis
Board Member

Lesley Torgeson
Board Member

Amanda Kastelic
Board Member

Jason Toon
Board Member

Advisory Council

Karen Feeney
Delia Horwitz
Judy Weisbart
Kathy Johnson
Judy Hawkins
Doris Kavanagh
Emma Torres
John Thyne
Bill Tumelty
Irene Macias
Grant House

Class of 2011 - 2012 Alumni Mixer and Meet & Greet!

The Recruitment, Curriculum and Alumni Committees would like to welcome the Class of 2011-2012. LSBC has assembled a class of 21 exceptional individuals and we hope you are able to join us in welcoming them and visiting with other Alumni at this year’s annual Meet & Greet to be held at the Canary Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara. LSBC has spared no expense and hope you are all able to join us in celebrating the beginning of our 22nd year. Please RSVP by either emailing info@leadsb.org or by responding to the Evite to be sent the week of October 1.

Class of 2012 Looking for Community Project Options

As part of the LSBC Curriculum, the LSBC class is required to complete a community service project to integrate the various lessons learned throughout the year. If you are an LSBC Alumni that works for a non-profit or knows of a non-profit organization that can benefit from this year’s project, please contact Mike Osborn, co-chair of the Curriculum Committee. Applications will be sent out the first week of October; please provide Mike with the name and contact information at the organization.

For more information on this project, past projects and current program information, please email Leadership Santa Barbara County or visit the LSBC website at www.leadsb.org.

President's Message

Greetings to all,

As I begin my final year as President of the LSBC Board of Trustees, I was recently reminded of the remarkable process that we call LSBC. I always like to participate in as many interviews of incoming class members as I can to get a feel for the class dynamics and class diversity (both in demographics and personality types). It is with these introductions that I make my own, often incorrect, assumptions regarding how I think the class will organize itself. These connections also help me remind me that the execution of the LSBC Program is by now out of our hands. It is extremely rare to have the opportunity to serve as a steward of an organization whose core is the very process itself. And by stepping aside, we allow the process, personalities and experience work independent of any external influence. The class receives a good deal of support from Alumni, local non profits, businesses and stakeholders in the various topics and it is here that LSBC makes its real connection to Santa Barbara.

I invite all Alumni to mark their calendar’s for this year’s Alumni Mixer to be held at the Canary Hotel. This location and event should be terrific. Also, it’s a great opportunity to touch base with other alumni, show your support for this year’s class by sharing your own LSBC experiences.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I hope to see you at one of this year’s many events or Topic Days.

Brian Schwabecher, Board President

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Upcoming Events

2012 Topic Day Schedule (all locations TBD)