Street Smarts: Westmont will bring author Michael Lewis back to Santa Barbara
Bestselling author Michael Lewis will keynote the 17th annual Westmont College President’s Breakfast on March 4 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Lewis is best known for “Moneyball,” “The Big Short” and “The Blind Side,” but his pandemic book, “The Premonition” made prescient calls about COVID-19 and it made a hero out of Charity Read More →
Sage Publications gives $36M to McCune Foundation
Sage Publishing, a Thousand Oaks-based academic publisher, announced Feb. 3 that it has donated $36 million to the foundation established by the company’s owner, Sara Miller McCune. The donation came in two pieces: $35 million at the end of 2021, to fully fund the foundation’s endowment, and another $1 million toward its operations for 2022. Read More →
Street Smarts: Another honor for Westlake Village BioPartners co-founder
The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association has named Beth Seidenberg of Westlake Village BioPartners as its 2022 Woman of the Year. She will be feted live and virtually at the HBA’s annual conference in New York City on May 10. Seidenberg “has medicine in her blood,” a statement from the association says, noting that as a researcher Read More →
New CEO brings ‘grower’s perspective’ to Ventura County Farm Bureau
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Rubicon Theatre gets biggest donation ever, will buy visiting artists’ residence
Rubicon Theatre Company, a professional company in Ventura, has received the biggest donation in its history, some of which will go to buy a four-unit residential property to house visiting artists and performers, the company announced Jan. 11. The gifts total $2.3 million, and come from Karyn Jackson of Arcadia, a former Ventura resident; her Read More →
Street Smarts: Direct Relief again among nation’s top charities; B of A gave $1.4M in region in 2021
Direct Relief ranked No. 5 among U.S. charities in 2021 by revenue, slipping two spots even as donations totaled $1.9 billion, according to data compiled by Forbes. United Way, Feeding America, the Salvation Army and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ranked higher than the Santa Barbara-based charity in the magazine’s annual list of 100 largest Read More →
United Way of Ventura County CEO to step down
Eric Harrison will leave his role as CEO and president of the United Way of Ventura County next year, after accepting the top job with the same nonprofit in Connecticut. Harrison will continue his current position through mid-February, the United Way of Ventura County said in Dec. 21 a news release. The organization said its Read More →
