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Who's Listening?
Ed Behrens
San Marcos High School principal
Ed Behrens was appointed principal of San Marcos High School in 2011 after serving as assistant principal for 14 years. San Marcos High already is working with La Cumbre Junior High School to ensure that incoming ninth-graders make a smooth transition to high school.
Lois Capps
23rd District Congresswoman
A Santa Barbara resident for nearly 50 years, Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, was first elected to Congress in 1998. The former school nurse has been an advocate in Washington for schools, the environment and public health. She has worked to enact legislation to address the national nursing shortage, domestic violence against women, underage drinking and CPR instruction in schools.
Salud Carbajal
Santa Barbara County 1st District Supervisor
Supervisor Salud Carbajal was elected to represent the 1st District on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in 2004 and re-elected in 2008. He served as executive staff assistant to former 1st District Supervisor Naomi Schwartz and is a former assistant executive director of Zona Seca.
David E. Cash, Ed.D.
Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent
In July, Dave Cash returned to the South Coast as superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District after serving as schools superintendent in Clovis and Claremont over the previous six years. He is a former principal of Dos Pueblos High School and Goleta Valley Junior High School, and a former teacher at Peabody Charter School.
Frank Hotchkiss
Santa Barbara City Councilman
A Santa Barbara businessman, real estate agent, public relations executive and author, Frank Hotchkiss was elected to the Santa Barbara City Council in 2009.
Bill Macfadyen
Noozhawk Publisher
Bill Macfadyen is the founder and publisher of Noozhawk.com, Santa Barbara’s freshest source for local news and the host of the Let’s Talk Westside public-engagement project.
Patricia Madrigal
THRIVE Westside Director
Patricia Madrigal is director of THRIVE Westside, an educational initiative that supports opportunities and school readiness for children and families from cradle to career in Santa Barbara's Westside community. She has also been involved in national research and program development in early childhood education with a focus in early language, literacy and research in the area of Latino student retention in higher education.
Cathy Murillo
Santa Barbara city councilwoman-elect
Santa Barbara City Councilwoman-elect Cathy Murillo will begin her four-year term on Jan. 10, 2012. A Westside resident, she is involved with THRIVE Westside as a supporter of the Westside Boys & Girls Club. Murillo brings experience as a journalist, mentor of at-risk teenagers and a performing arts teacher in local elementary schools.
Anita Perez Ferguson Ph.D.
Executive director of THRIVE Santa Barbara County
The executive director of THRIVE Santa Barbara County, Anita Perez Ferguson is a nationally recognized leader in Latin America affairs and U.S. Latina achievement. She served as President Bill Clinton’s White House liaison to the Transportation Department and is a former president of the National Women’s Political Caucus and the former advisory board chairwoman of the Inter-American Foundation.
Randy Rowse
Santa Barbara city councilman
Randy Rowse, longtime owner of the Paradise Café, was appointed to the Santa Barbara City Council in 2010 and was elected to a full four-year term in November 2011.
Helene Schneider
Santa Barbara Mayor
Helene Schneider was elected mayor of Santa Barbara in 2009 after serving for six years on the City Council.
Das Williams
35th District Assemblyman
Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, was elected to the Legislature in 2010 after serving for seven years on the Santa Barbara City Council. He is a former junior high school teacher, a community organizer and a former legislative aide to then-Assemblywoman Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara.
Janet Wolf
Santa Barbara County 2nd District Supervisor
Supervisor Janet Wolf was elected to represent the 2nd District on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. She is a former Goleta Union School District trustee and a former teacher and counselor.
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