What Have We Been Up To?
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020
AAUW was incredibly honored to host a panel with three incredible women in various leadership positions who were so gracious to share their insights with us.
Third District County Supervisor 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, Ph.D., J.D., has served for six years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in the foster care network. She also served on the Wildling Museum's Board of Directors, the Fund for Santa Barbara’s Grant Making Committee, and the Santa Barbara Foundation’s LEAF Advisory Committee. In 2016 she ran for and was successfully elected to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.
𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 earned a BS in Aquatic Biology and a BA in French from UC Santa Barbara in 2008, followed by a PhD in Ecology also from UC Santa Barbara in 2016. Dr. Davis joined the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP) as the Undergraduate Research Programs Coordinator in the same year, where she coordinates training programs to support the educational and professional development of STEM students at UCSB.
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a BA in History from CSU Fresno. She is a Santa Barbara County native and leads Apeel Science's global talent acquisition function. Before joining Apeel, she also worked as an AmeriCorps volunteer, where she helped build hiking trails by hand in the Tongass National Forest of Alaska.
Thank you to UCSB A.S. Commission on Student Well Being - COSWB for helping make this event possible!