Featured Artist: Pablo Villegas, Guitarist, on John Williams
Spanish Pablo Villegas, now a New Yorker, is one of the world’s leading classical guitarists. An impact maker himself, he founded the Music Without Borders Legacy. Hear how he sounds.
Featured Artist: Megan Alexander, Inside Edition Correspondent on Dr. Brené Brown
Megan Alexander is a correspondent for CBS’s Inside Edition. Through her work she meets many inspiring people from many different walks of life.
Featured Artist: Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ted Nash on Wynton Marsalis
Ted Nash is a Grammy-nominated musician and speaks to impactmania about his impact maker Wynton Marsalis.
There’s No Magic Without Process
There’s No Magic Without Process BY VICTORIA HERBERT “Oh how lovely, you’re studying interior design, and in New York!” runs the typical response when I […]
BAFTA winner: Never Alone — a Game that Matters
Alan Gershenfeld, who co-created a storytelling game sharing Alaska Native culture, Never Alone, won the BAFTA Games Best Debut of 2015. In our interview with him, he talks about how he offers gaming that is culturally and educationally relevant and impacts the gaming industry.
George Bolster: SETI Institute Artist-in-Residence
George Bolster (b. 1972, Cork, Ireland; lives in New York City) is an artist-in-residence at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Mountain View, California.
This residency differs from a typical one because Bolster collaborates with leading scientists such as the SETI Institute’s Bernard M. Oliver Chair, Jill Tarter and Laurance Doyle who discovered Tatooine (Kepler-16b). They are part of the next-generation of explorers looking for life outside of planet Earth.
In our interview, Bolster spoke about his work Archive for an Unmade Narrative (2015-2016).
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…”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Santa Barbara Impact Makers
In celebration of Paksy Plackis-Cheng’s book launch, Impact X, at the New Vic Theatre, Santa Barbara, California, we looked at some impact makers in our own backyard. […]
Nine-Time Grammy Award Winner Wynton Marsalis on Giving
Nine-Time Grammy Award Winner Wynton Marsalis on Giving
Social Enterprise in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan: Mountain Hazelnuts
Social Enterprise in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan: Mountain Hazelnuts
Daniel Spitzer, founder and CEO, Mountain Hazelnuts
Mountain Hazelnuts is committed to growing 10 million hazelnut trees in Bhutan. The company is a significant commercial producer in the world, has between 10,000 to 15,000 farm households and monasteries involved in their planting program, and employs over 800 people, of which 50 percent are women.