Katya Armistead
Katherine Harvey Fellows Cohort 4, 2006-07 LFW Board Member, Emerging Leaders Facilitator It was due to the difficulties of her experience as a college student at UCSB that Katya Armistead…
Oscar Gutierez
Santa Barbara City Council Member Emerging Leaders Cohort 9 Santa Barbara City Council member Oscar Gutierrez always wanted to know what was going on in the world, even at a…
Emerging Leaders Program Marks a Decade of Vision and Courage
Published by: ANN PIERAMICI, NOOZHAWK CONTRIBUTING WRITER Noozhawk article How does our community invest in the next generation of civic leadership? Ten years ago, Leading From Within took on that…
Mentors and Allies: An Exploration with the Katherine Harvey Fellows
Reflections from Ed France People hate politics. Yet for any of us interested to advance a policy or initiative or community cause, it is a necessary evil. Further, we have…
Michael Velasquez
Shop Manager Bici Centro Emerging Leaders Cohort 9 Michael Velasquez remembers first discovering the joy of riding his bicycle when he was a child, cycling with friends around the neighborhoods…
Dr. Patricia Madrigal
Founder, PEAC Foundation Director of Evaluation & Programs, James S. Bower Foundation The Katherine Harvey Fellows (2010-11), Courage to Lead (2018-19) Programs Dr. Patricia Madrigal carries the lessons from her…
Ann McCarty
Executive Director, North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center Leading For Community Impact, 2016-17 Ann McCarty’s journey leading to her current role as executive director of the North County…
Senator Monique Limón
Katherine Harvey Fellows 2008-09 Former Leading From Within Board Member Senator Monique Limón discovered a passion for public service as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley. The first…
Interview with Our Founder, Ken Saxon
THE MONTECITO JOURNAL - PHILANTHROPY Leading From Within BY STEVEN LIBOWITZ | FEBRUARY 21, 2023 Ken Saxon had a clear vision when he founded Leading From Within (LFW),…
Jordan Killebrew
Executive Director, Public Affairs and Communications at SBCC Emerging Leaders, 2017 Growing up, Jordan moved around a lot – from various homes around Los Angeles to El Paso, Texas to…
Abe Powell
Co-founder and CEO of Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade Courage to Lead, 2019- 2022 Decades before Abe Powell became known as the master behind the Bucket Brigade, he was a 25-year-old…
Sylvia Barnard
Executive Director, Good Samaritan Shelter Leading For Community Impact Sylvia Barnard was a single mom living on welfare when she put herself through college. She believed that education was her…
Teresa Alvarez
Executive Director, Carpinteria Children’s Project Emerging Leaders, 2016 Teresa Alvarez knows firsthand how critical the services are that her organization, Carpinteria Children’s Project, provides. The nonprofit preschool prepares children for kindergarten…
Gloria Soto
Executive Director, Future Leaders of America Council Member, City of Santa Maria Emerging Leaders, 2017 Cohort When Gloria Soto’s 8th-grade guidance counselor encouraged her to apply to Future Leaders…