St. Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara has selected Tina Frontado as its executive director, and Salvatore “Tory” Milazzo will lead the foundation’s Board of Directors.
Frontado replaces Debbie Cloud, who ran the organization for close to 40 years, beginning when the foundation was part of the St. Francis Hospital.
Frontado has a history of commitment to the nonprofit sector and has worked with some of the most familiar area organizations, such as Hospice of Santa Barbara, Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, SEE International and Santa Barbara Education Foundation.
She has also been the funding bridge and advisor between the corporate and business world and philanthropic organizations and endeavors.
Frontado brings extensive volunteer and board of directors’ experience including at Compassionate Care of Carpinteria, Business Giving Roundtable, Girls Inc., and Sarah House.
Frontado, who grew up in Carpinteria, is a past recipient of the Women of Inspiration-Carpinteria, Girls Inc., and Leadership in Arts Award from the Children’s Creative Project.
She earned a master of public administration with an emphasis in organizational and strategic management at California State University, Northridge and a bachelor of arts in economics and sociology at UCSB.
Milazzo replaces Kathleen Baushke as president of the Board of Directors for St. Francis Foundation. Milazzo is a director and investment executive for Union Bank and HighMark Capital Management in Santa Barbara.
A native of north Alabama, Milazzo moved with his family to Santa Barbara in 2008 from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where they were longtime residents.
Milazzo attended Colgate University. Spurred by his interest in the outdoors, after college he worked as a mountain guide in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska.
Established in 1956, the mission of the St. Francis Foundation is to promote and support healthcare in the St. Francis tradition in the Santa Barbara community, with particular attention to those most in need.
The St. Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara annually awards grants to local agencies focused on helping to relieve human suffering. Recipients include Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation, Doctors without Walls, Serenity House, Friendship Center, and Hillside House.
The Parish Nursing Program, which began at the former St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara, and which is now managed by Cottage Health, is a particular focus of the St. Francis Foundation. The program’s nurses work in local churches and with organizations such as PathPoint Mental Health Program, Catholic Charities, PATH, and local service agencies.
To learn about donating to the foundation, visit www.stfrancisfoundationsb.org.