Robertson Named SFSB President and CEO

Robertson Named SFSB President and CEO

Barbara Robertson, who has held a succession of finance, operations, and administrative positions with several area nonprofit organizations, has been named president and CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. She began serving in her new role on February... Read More

Hutchinson Appointed Foundation CFO

Hutchinson Appointed Foundation CFO

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has a new chielf financial officer. James Hutchinson comes to us by way of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he had served as chief financial officer beginning since 2007. More informatin is available ...

Scholarship Foundation Honors Local Student Artists

Scholarship Foundation Honors Local Student Artists

More than 150 people turned out for the Scholarship Foundation's 41st annual Art Scholarship Exhibition and Reception at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on January 23. The event recognized the 25 student artists selected as winners of the Foundation’...

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

From the Desk of Victoria Juarez

Recent headlines regarding academic achievement among U.S. adolescents have been indisputably grim, but don’t let that color your impression of Santa Barbara County students. In fact, many local high school students are downright impressive, academically and otherwise. We see the... Read More

First-Gen College Grad Eyes Teaching Career

First-Gen College Grad Eyes Teaching Career

Oscar Velasco knows a little something about being an underdog. The son of agricultural workers from Mexico, he recently became the first in his family to earn a college degree...