What We Fund
What We Fund
For over 100 years the Santa Barbara Public Library has continually grown to meet the evolving needs of our community. It has served as a hub for lifelong literacy and civic participation, a gathering place for children to learn, a catalyst for imaginations of all ages, and a virtual refuge. Community building happens at the Library: people come together for inspiration, education, fun, engagement, and leave feeling a stronger sense of community.
The Santa Barbara Public Library provides opportunites for lifelong learning in the heart of the Cultural Arts District and welcomes our entire community.
The new Michael Towbes Library Plaza will meet the evolving needs of our community, our Library, and create a hub for lifelong literacy and civic participation.
CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS
Campaign Cabinet
Janet Garufis Campaign Co-chair Jim Jackson Campaign Co-chair
Anna Alldredge, Mark Asman, Bob Bason, Jessica Cadiente, Susan Case, Zora Charles, Marni Cooney, Emily Engel. Christie Glanville, Anna Grotenhuis, Anne Howard, Roy Martinez, Anne Towbes, Martha Townsend, Leslie Zemeckis
Communication & Cultivation Committee
Chair- Anna Alldredge
Laura Capps, Erik Davis, Hannah-Beth Jackson, Gwyn Lurie-Firestein, Kendall Pata
Major Gifts Committee
Chair- Anna Alldredge
Marni Cooney, Emily Engel, Roy Martinez, David McFadden, Martha Townsend
Library Plaza Honorary Committee
Peter MacDougall- Honorary Committee Co-chair
Anne Towbes- Honorary Committee Co-chair
Carol and Bob Bason, Sharon and David Bradford, Laura Capps, Lois Capps, Susan and Claude Case, Zora and Les Charles, Hal Conklin, Jelinda and Barry DeVorzon, Christine and Robert Emmons, Christie and John Glanville, Anna Grotenhuis, Susan and Gary Gulbransen, Judith Hopkinson, Joan and Palmer Jackson, Peter and Gerd Jordano, Herbert Kendall, Jill and Neil Levinson, Kandy Luria-Budgor, Patty and John MacFarlane, Irene Macias, Mercedes Millington and Jack C. Mithun, Natalie Orfalea, Joanne and Brian Rapp, Mary and John Romo, Ken and Jo Saxon, Maryan Schall, Elizabeth and Kenny Slaught, Diane Sullivan, Lynne Tahmisian, Carrie Towbes, Maureen White , Barbara Hauter Woodward, John C. Woodward
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation Board
Anne Howard, President, Emily Engel, Vice President, Brooke McDermott, Treasurer, Jim Sterne, Secretary, Alan Brumberger, Mark Cardona, Susan Case, Bob Fulmer, Jim Jackson, Irene Kelly, Linda Lorenzen, Roy Martinez, Art Merovick, Stephanie Riordan
To learn more, please contact us at 805.689.2448 or email.
Alan Brumberger is a graduate of Yale University, the University of Michigan Law School and Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Brumberger was the Chief Executive Officer and General Securities Principal for Emerald Point Capital, LLC., a FINRA Registered Broker Dealer in New York. He has held numerous leadership positions and Board memberships in various philanthropic organizations and investment banking firms including President and CEO of Shearson American Express International Limited, the firm's international investment banking arm in London. He is excited to do his part to help the Santa Barbara Public Library continue and build upon its remarkable record of being a fundamental community resource in broadening our citizens’ literacy.