Kim Clark is a seasoned sales and marketing leader known for her adeptness at fostering and nurturing robust business connections. With over 35 years of experience in sales and marketing within the Santa Barbara community, Kim brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her roles.

Julie Phillips has been an Esthetician for more than 30 years. She worked for renowned dermatologist Dr. Joe Fiore, as his assistant for 15 years in Fort Myers Florida. Her time working there taught her how to identify skin cancers, treat acne, and run the back office of a busy 5 physician practice. Julie then moved to Pennsylvania and worked for plastic surgeons for 6 years, as the head of the hair transplant team, and the Esthetician in charge of helping the patients with their skin care and helping them with their post-care after surgeries. She was also the surgery scheduler for one of the surgeons.

In 1998, Julie moved to Santa Barbara to open her own skincare practice, Skin Essentials. She was the first Esthetician to bring microdermabrasion to Santa Barbara, a new and unheard-of treatment back in 1998. Julie’s philosophy from the beginning was to deliver impressive, long-lasting results with every facial. At Skin Essentials, there is a vast array of machines to assist with the facials. Microdermabrasion, ultrasound, vibraderm, and Oxygen all help make the facials at Skin Essentials even more special. In addition, having the most technically advanced products is a real passion for Julie. She believes it is a very important adjunct to having healthy beautiful skin.

Julie is also a certified permanent makeup expert. She has spent 27 years helping women look good when they wake up in the morning. She has helped many women who cannot see as well anymore, or have Parkinson’s and can’t apply it, or who have had cancer, and have no brows. Julie volunteered for Look Good Feel Better program for 10 years helping women going through cancer treatment on how to care for their skin and hair and how to apply makeup.

In the years that Julie has had her business in Santa Barbara, she has been dedicated to bringing the best possible treatments for men and women in her skin care center. She has been married to her husband Frank for 41 years, and he participates in the business by doing all the bookkeeping. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling with her husband.

Gretchen Lieff is the creative energy behind La Lieff Wines, a female-driven Company that aims to elevate and inspire Women. Gretchen is the Founder of the anti-animal abuse group Davey's Voice, as well as Vice President of the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network. Taking care of animals and nature is a priority for Gretchen.

Charlotte Choi is a senior at Dos Pueblos High School and actively involved with senior class leadership. She is passionate about giving back to and instilling positivity in her community. Charlotte has inspired others with music by co-founding the nonprofit YouthMuze providing free music lessons to K-12^th graders of underserved communities in Santa Barbara County. She also outreaches for another nonprofit called the Endpin Project playing a role in fundraising events with cello performance supporting youth musicians in need of help. Charlotte has tutored with the nonprofit Schoolhouse preparing students for the SAT exam. 

Kellie Pearson is a distinguished educator with 23 years of service at Mountain View Elementary School. She launched the impactful Peaceful Partners conflict resolution program from 2004 to 2012, wherein students assist their peers in addressing bullying or behavior conflicts in the classroom and on the playground. This innovative initiative empowered students to support one another and led to her school winning two local awards honored by the Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913 with the timeless mission 'to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all.

Jen Gamble grew up in Northern California and fell in love with Santa Barbara as a junior in high school when she came to study theatre at UCSB during a summer study program. She returned to UCSB and graduated with a double major in environmental studies and English/theatre arts.

Following college, Jen worked and lived in Washington DC exploring career opportunities in education, nonprofits, and business. In 2001 she earned an MBA from UC Davis and continued to build a professional career in marketing and sales -- focusing specifically on start-up companies. In 2005 Jen stepped away from traditional work to start a family with her husband, Jared Ficker in Sacramento, CA. As a busy mother to three children, she still made time to foster her love for theatre and worked to make the experience available to others. For six years, she volunteered with the Sacramento Children’s Theatre company, which provided free live theatre to 25,000 kids a year. As the chair to the organization, Jen helped produce a month of free, live theatrical performances for children from kindergarten to 3^rd grade. For many of these children in the greater Sacramento Area, this was their first and only exposure to live, musical theatre. Not only was Jen instrumental in transitioning the company to a new permanent location, but she also had the opportunity to perform on stage in characters such as a mouse, a train, a video gamer, and a mama bird!

Jen and her family moved back to Santa Barbara in 2019 to live the dream of being back in Santa Barbara and to take advantage of new business opportunities. Within a week of their return to SB (Jared is also a Gaucho), Jen was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. After working through a year of treatments she was finally cleared to put the pieces back together. After such a terrifying reality check on life, Jen’s priorities became clear – that she was only going to put her time into something that was intentional, fueled by passion, and part of contributing to the greater good. It was then that she met her business partner, Amy Love, and Lights Up! Theatre company (501C3) was formed. Lights Up! is in its 5^th season with its enduring mission to bring professional and nurturing performance arts training to the teens in our Santa Barbara community. Lights Up! has a robust scholarship fund and will not turn away any qualified student based on their ability to pay tuition.

Linda Krop is the Chief Counsel of the Environmental Defense Center, a public interest environmental law firm headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. She has practiced environmental law at EDC since 1989 and specializes in cases addressing the protection of coastal, open space, and natural resources, as well as energy issues including oil, gas, solar, and wind development.

Linda has worked on several successful open space preservation efforts throughout California’s south central coast, including the Hearst Ranch, Carpinteria Bluffs, Ellwood Shores, Fiscalini Ranch, Oxnard Shores, Ormond Beach, and Sedgwick Ranch. She also led the effort that resulted in the unprecedented termination of forty federal oil leases off the coast of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. 

Linda represented the conservation community on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council from 1998 – 2013 and teaches Environmental Law at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

In her spare time, Linda enjoys hiking, kayaking, photography, and exploring the natural beauty of this region.

Julie Schneiderman is a community-minded advocate for the environment and the arts and co-founder of Women in the Water. She is also founder and CEO of Ecostiks. Inspired by her love of surf, community and the ocean, EcoStiks patches are fully customizable, sustainable, durable fabric stick-on patches made from recycled plastic water bottles designed to bring awareness to single use plastics and support organizations for eco-change. EcoStiks.com.

Julie operated Stik N Stuk Creative Studios, a grassroots art and music studio, art co-op, event space, and print shop in Santa Barbara’s art district - the Funk Zone - and the birthplace of the

EcoStiks patch!

Julie holds Masters in International Law and Legal studies, a JD, and a multi-subject teaching credential. She has worked in legal operations for SaaS companies for over 20 years. She has served as a board member and volunteer at a number of local organizations in Santa Barbara, including the Surf Happens Foundation as well as the Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Birth Center.

Julie just completed the Community Environmental Council’s Environmental Stewardship program and is excited to work with the CEC to bring the Talk O’ Truck to Earth Day to share and record personal stories and experiences connected with climate change.

Julie is thrilled to be part of such an amazing and vibrant Santa Barbara community.