Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County has named Arianna Mirell Castellanos and Edward H. Tran to its Board of Directors.
“We are excited to add two public health professionals to our board of directors,” said Lisa Brabo, executive director. “Family Service Agency will benefit greatly from the leadership and guidance of these new trustees.”
Castellanos is vice president of programs at SEE International. She has also held positions at CenCal, Allergan Medical, and the city of Santa Barbara. She earned a bachelor of science degree in sociology from Cal State Northridge, and recently completed Leading from Within’s Emerging Leaders program.
She also serves on the Santa Barbara County Public Health’s Health Center Board. Castellanos holds a passion for female empowerment and seeing women thrive.
Tran, RN, has some 22 years of experience in nursing and public health. He is currently the director of Senior Public Health Nurse Operations for the Public Health Company in Goleta.
Tran previously served as the assistant deputy director for Community Health at the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, where he provided leadership and oversight of various programs such as Maternal Child Health, Adolescent Health, Women Infant Children, Health Education/Promotion, Epidemiology, and Vital Statistics.
Tran holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Southern California, a master’s degree in nursing from UCL, and a Public Health Nursing (PHN) certificate.
Tran said he is guided by the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County, doing business as Santa Maria Youth & Family Center in the Santa Maria Valley, is a nonprofit social service agency that has served Santa Barbara County since 1899. For more, visit fsacares.org or call 805-965-1001.