At Leading From Within, we have a passion for investing in nonprofit and other social sector leaders. Thanks to the support of the Santa Barbara Foundation, we have launched our 2016 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). Our goal is to empower, elevate, and connect the next generation of nonprofit leaders in Santa Barbara County.

The ELP is a 10-month (one full day each month) program that assembles a select cohort of emerging leaders from Santa Barbara County’s nonprofit organizations and guides them through a rigorous, relevant and applied curriculum.  This year, our number of participants representing North County is our largest yet. 

Congratulations to our newest cohort of Emerging Leaders: 

Lucille Boss Ramirez             Santa Barbara City College Foundation

Chelsea Duffy                          Partners in Education

Ashleigh Erving                      Family Service Agency

Eder Gaona-Macedo             Future Leaders of America, Inc.

Misha Garrison                      Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Joey Juhasz-Lukomski          Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition

Andrea Martinez                    Santa Maria Valley YMCA

Tim Molloy                              Santa Barbara Rescue Mission

Mari Ortega-Garcia              First 5 Santa Barbara County

Sean Pratt                                Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Selena Rockwell                     Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

Teresa Segovia                       Carpinteria Children’s Project

Tristin Sherman                     CASA of Santa Barbara County

Violeta Solis                             CALM

Patricia Solorio                      Central Coast Future Leaders

Tyler Speier                             Isla Vista Youth Projects, Inc.

Lisa Ulrich                              CALM

Ralph Ybarra                        Community Action Commission