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December Letter

The Santa Barbara Issue

iMedRecovery: Bringing Recovery Home to the Family

iMedRecovery provides online substance abuse and addiction treatment through a clinically effective recovery program for adults and adolescents by licensed therapists offering treatment services at home, school, or office – guaranteeing privacy, flexibility, and convenience to clients and users.

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Science and Technology Highlights from UCSB Materials Research Symposium

The Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) promotes research of its affiliated faculty, students, and alumni in part through its annual research symposium, which took place on Feb. 2-3 2016.

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Salty Girl Seafood Shows You Where Your Fish Came From

Norah Eddy and Laura Johnson founded Salty Fish Seafood while studying at the Bren School for Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara. Salty Girl Seafood won Fish 2.0's award for Best Business Opportunity and was named the Woman-Owned Business of the Year by the Pacific Coast Business Times.

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Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, CEO & Chair of Pacific Air Industries, on Giving

Lady Ridley-Tree is the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Pacific Air Industries, a leading source for airframe parts and components and a trustee of the Ridley-Tree Foundation. The Foundation benefits outstanding students facing physical or financial barriers to education.

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Laurie Ashton: The Woman Taking on Nine Countries

The Nuclear Zero lawsuit is filed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is still dealing with the fallout of the 67 major nuclear tests done in the past by the United States. The lawsuit calls on the nine nuclear nations to adhere to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Laurie Ashton is Nuclear Zero’s lead counsel.

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Two-time Emmy Award-Winning Composer: Trevor Morris

"I got nominated for the first Emmy. I felt like I already had won... The Academy does not have a history of rewarding first timers very often, so I went into this whole thing with the red carpet, and I had the tux, and my wife had a beautiful dress. We're just going along for the ride because we figure there's no way I'm going to win. We just enjoyed the journey. Then I won..."

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Let FarmBot Seed, Water, and Grow Your Veggies

Did you kill another plant? How are you going to live off-the-grid if you can't grow that vegetable patch? Rory Aronson created FarmBot that will seed, water, and care for your vegetables. All you need to do is harvest and eat.

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Betty Hatch from La Belle Foundation to Selfesteem.org

Betty Hatch’s involvement and recognition throughout the Santa Barbara community has been an over 30-year commitment, impacting the lives of locals and adolescent students with her experiences and insights for success.

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Honoring A True Lady: Léni Fé Bland

Léni’s involvement with the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission brought more than 800 private donations ($1.25 million) to double the capacity of the formerly overcrowded women’s facility. It was her vision to build a separate women’s residential drug-and-alcohol-recovery facility.

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No Signs of Slowing Down: Entrepreneur and Award-winning Author, Jack Nadel

92-year old international entrepreneur continues to revolutionize the meaning of innovation and success in his latest book: Jack Nadel

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Social Enterprise: In Appreciation of the Shredder

"Without even reading the proposals, she whipped a paper shredder from nowhere, and proceeded to slowly and deliberately decimate our beautiful ideas."

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Jason Prystowsky, MD, MPH: Medical Care Near and Far

Prystowsky spoke with impactmania about his journey, the impact of his efforts as a physician in the U.S. and abroad and his impact makers.

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Anne Towbes: Santa Barbara Philanthropist

Anne Towbes has had many roles: teacher, media mogul, and philanthropist. She talks about personal transitions, dining with Charles, Prince of Wales, and how she has been looking for an audience since the age of 6.

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Leah Kuritzky: The Impact of Laser Lighting

Future impact maker, Kuritzky, speaks about her research in laser-based lighting and why laser light would make a difference to the world.

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Thomas Kenny, Board U.S. Olympics Paralympic, on Giving

Thomas Kenny, former executive at Goldman Sachs, and his wife Susan McMillan moved across the country into a new home. While many would need time to settle into their new environment, the couple instantly became active in the community.

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Author, Barbara Greenleaf, Shares her Inspirations

Barbara is the author of six books and was previously a communications consultant for both corporate America and nonprofit organizations. Barbara’s speeches have been reprinted in Vital Speeches of the Day. Most notably, she is the founder of the Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival.

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Seth Streeter: The Nine Dimensions of Wealth

impactmania speaks with co-founder and CEO of Mission Wealth, Seth Streeter, who recently delivered a TED talk about The Untethered Life. Streeter presents vulnerability as a strength, redefines financial health, and shares the nine dimensions of wealth.

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Kevin Reimer: 80 Miles p/h on a Skateboard While Building a Company

Chelsea Catania interviewed one of her favorite impact makers, Kevin Reimer, the world champion downhill skateboarder. Reimer built and sold a successful company in his 20s and impacted his and the next generation of skateboarders.

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UCSB Materials Scientists and Local Science Educators Share Research with Community in First Annual Event

The debut event, “Our Material World,” hosted by the UCSB Materials Research Laboratory was held at Santa Barbara’s New Vic Theater on September 10. The event featured four speakers covering topics in materials science from entrepreneurship to science education.

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The Jenny Schatzle Movement

This is another fitting sentiment, as Jenny is all about empowering people, supporting and enriching community, and inspiring whomever she encounters in-and-out of the gym.

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Graduate Division Commencement Keynote Address, UC Santa Barbara 2016

Dr. Mellichamp’s and his wife Suzanne have endowed 13 faculty chairs. Three areas are targeted for growth through these chairs: systems biology, globalization, and sustainable chemistry. The couple also actively supports half a dozen local arts groups, including Opera Santa Barbara.

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Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Pulled Up 13 Chairs

Duncan Mellichamp gave the 2016 UC Santa Barbara commencement keynote speech. Why Professor Emeritus Mellichamp and his wife, former teacher, Suzanne Mellichamp endowed 13 chairs.

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Alissa Sears: Building Businesses for a Better World

Alissa Sears is Christie & Co’s Vice President of Growth & Strategy and cofounder of adVenturesAcademy, an intensive program that brings together value-aligned investors and entrepreneurs to build businesses for a better world.

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Featured Artist: Masha Keating, Painter

Featured Artist: Santa Barbara painter, Masha Keating, opens her show Gaia's Path, January 23 – February 28, 2016, at galerie102

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Featured Photographer: Kevin Steele

"In preparation for the photo shoot I wanted to learn as much as I could about Eckhart—there is plenty of information in his writings and online but a personal connection is important to me, as a portrait is collaboration."

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Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Graduate students for Diversity in Science at UC Santa Barbara

Graduate Students for the Diversity in Science (GSDS) is a student-run organization that is centered on the promotion of underrepresented group participation in the sciences, and fostering an atmosphere that celebrates diversity.

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The Rewards of Mentorship Revealed: Big Brothers Big Sisters

Helping children succeed and reach their full potential in life is the cornerstone of the Big Brothers Big Sisters prevention-based mentoring program offered through the Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County.

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