• From left, Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara grant recipients Frank Schipper, board president of TRADART Foundation; Maria Long, executive director of Doctors Without Walls-Santa Barbara Street Medicine; LuAnn Miller, executive director of Isla Vista Youth Projects; Chris Tucker, executive director of Garden Court Inc.; Kelly Choi, executive director of The Academy for Success; Rodney Gould, general manager of Isla Vista Recreation & Park District; and Ernesto Paredes, executive director of Easy LIft Transportation. (Gail Arnold / Noozhawk)
  • Nancy Harter, Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara steering committee chairwoman and next year’s co-chairwoman, with Laurie Tumbler, current grantee liaison and next year’s steering committee co-chairwoman. (Gail Arnold / Noozhawk)
  • Back row from left, research committee member Mary Genis, finance chairwoman Melissa Gough, event chairwoman Stina Hans, special projects chairwoman Sallie Coughlin and web administrator Mary Garton; middle row from left, steering committee chairwoman Nancy Harter, grantee liaison Laurie Tumbler, research committee co-chairwoman Irene Stone, membership co-chairwoman Susan Johnson and research committee co-chairwoman Christine Riesenfeld; front row from left, communications co-chairwoman Sarah de Tagyos, communications co-chairwoman Susan Robeck, research committee member Jane Brechwald, site visit chairwoman Shelley Hurst and operations chairwoman Carrie Lundquist. (Peter de Tagyos)
  • More than 300 members gather for the Presentation of Grants at The Fess Parker. (Peter de Tagyos)
  • Steering committee chairwoman Nancy Harter, center, with research committee co-chairwomen Christine Riesenfeld, left, and Irene Stone. (Peter de Tagyos)
  • Women’s Fund founder Carol Palladini, left, with event chairwoman and longtime member Stina Hans. (Gail Arnold / Noozhawk)
  • Women’s Fund members Barbara Hauter Woodward, left, Nan Bedford, Kee Flynn, Susan Washing and research committee member Cheryl Justice. (Peter de Tagyos)
  • The Women’s Fund research committee: back row from left, Sandy Schoolfield, Cheryl Justice, Michele Saltoun, Mary Genis and Christine Lyon; middle row from left, Ginger Langan, Sabina White, Suzi Schomer and co-chairwoman Christine Riesenfeld; front row from left, Jayne Brechwald, Jackie Belt, co-chairwoman Irene Stone, Ellie Freese, Jane Gutman and Ann Lippincott. (Stephen Robeck)
  • Communications co-chairwoman Sarah de Tagyos, center, with Laurie Knudson, left, and Karen Carey. (Stephen Robeck)
  • Operations chair Carrie Lundquist, left, founding member Ginni Dreier and finance chair Melissa Gough. (Peter de Tagyos)
  • Women’s Fund members listen to acceptance speeches by the grantees. (Peter de Tagyos)

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