• Candace Winkler, Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara president and CEO, center, with steering committee co-chairs Steve Amerikaner, left, and Susan Rodriguez. (Photo Melissa Walker / Noozhawk.)
  • Director Level sponsor Montecito Bank and Trust’s Janet Garufis, president and CEO, with Founding sponsor Union Bank’s George Leis, executive vice president, regional president private bank division. (Photo Melissa Walker / Noozhawk.)
  • Laura Capps, Mission Partners founder with brother Todd Capps, Creative Democracy Project executive director. (Photo Melissa Walker / Noozhawk.)
  • Ann Cowell, Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse mentor director and Marybeth Carty, Venoco, Inc., community partnership manager. (Photo Melissa Walker / Noozhawk.)
  • Candace Winkler, Scholarship Foundation president and CEO, Mackenzie Fell, Scholarship Foundation award recipient, and Cathy Feldman, Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation board chair and CEO. (Photo Melissa Walker / Noozhawk.)
  • Ballroom dining. (Photo Issac Hernandez) (Photo Melissa Walker / Noozhawk.)

— Noozhawk iSociety columnist Melissa Walker can be reached at mwalker@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.