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INTERFAITH INITIATIVE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY


Board of Directors

Dr. Ed Bastian
Spiritual Paths Institute
Buddhist
Rev. Lynn Bruer
Grace Lutheran Church
Lutheran
Cantor Mark Childs
Congregation B'Nai B'rith
Reform Judaism
Mollie DeWald
Baha'i
Rev. Roy Donkin
Cambridge Drive Community Church
American Baptist Church
M. Noël Fuentes
St. Raphael Church
Roger Horton
SB City Council
Unitarian Universalist
Education

Santa Barbara High School. UCSB (Bachelor of Arts, Economics). University of North Dakota (Master of Arts, Management). University of California Management Institute, Certificate Leadership Santa Barbara County, 2001

Santa Barbara City Council Positions

Santa Barbara City Council, 2002-present Former Mayor Pro-Tem Chair, Finance Committee Chair, Founding member, Council Committee on Youth and Children Chair, ad hoc Committee on Commuter Rail Member, Council Committee on Legislation Member, Council Committee on Transportation Member, SB PARC Foundation Board Liaison, SB Center for the Performing Arts, Granada Theatre Liaison, Sister Cities International Program Liaison, Historic Landmarks Commission Liaison, Transportation and Circulation Committee

Community Positions

Chairman of the Board, SB County Housing Trust Fund Children’s Resource & Referral Advisory Committee, Co-Chair Men Against Domestic Violence, Member Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Board Member Interfaith Initiative, Treasurer County of Santa Barbara: First Five Commission, Citizen’s Advisory Board Pearl Chase Society; Franceschi House Rehabilitation Committee Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, Treasurer California League of Cities, Administrative Services Committee Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Co-Chair, Major Gifts Committee UCSB Foundation, Founding Board Member Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Chief Financial Officer Community Positions Constructing Connections Committee (First 5) Courthouse Restoration Committee Santa Barbara Family Care Center, past President & Treasurer Building Bridges Community Coalition, past Treasurer Economic Vitality Task Force, past Board Member Santa Barbara Downtown Organization, past President Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, President, Vice President, Treasurer and teacher; Elings Park Foundation, Liasion, past Treasurer Riviera Home Owners Association, President; Sycamore Canyon Home Owners Association, past President Santa Barbara Family Care Center, past President & Treasurer Santa Barbara County United Nations Association, past Vice President & Treasurer

List of Awards

Citizen of the year, 2001, SB Downtown Organization Life Honorary Trustee, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, 2001 State of California, Assembly, Certificate of Recognition, Assemblyman Pedro Nava, 2004 Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Congresswoman Lois Capps, 2005 Distinguished Leader, Leadership Santa Barbara County, 2008
Dr. John Michal
Episcopalian
Born in Chicago, Illinois BA and MD degrees at Cornell University (Ithaca and NYC) Practice in diagnostic radiology at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for 25 years Member, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Bioethics Committee 1998-2004 Member, Board of Directors, Interfaith Initiative 2005 - present Member, church vestry 2004-2007 Graduate of JustFaith Program 2007 Member, Board of Directors, Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice - Santa Barbara (CLUE-SB) 2007 to present
Rev. Doug Miller
American Baptist Church
Dr. Kathleen Moore
Ms. Terre Sanitate
Interfaith Initiative of Santa Barbara County
Episcopalian
Rev. Wallace Shepherd
2nd Baptist
Afaf Turjoman
Islamic Society of Santa Barbara
Bachelor and Master Degrees from UCSB in English Literature. Board of Director's Interfaith Initiative 2007-Present. Executive Board of Director's Islamic Society of Santa Barbara. Member of Islamic Society. Member of Santa Barbara Ecofaith.
Jill Wallerstedt