Santa Barbara Foundation hires Dee Jennings
updated: Dec 08, 2009, 2:27 PM

Source: The Santa Barbara Foundation

The Santa Barbara Foundation is pleased to announce that Dee Jennings has joined the leadership team.

"Dee brings to Santa Barbara's only community foundation an atypical combination of leadership and management strengths in strategy, operations, finance, and technology," said Foundation President and CEO Ron Gallo. "With her impressive business management background, Dee's portfolio will include leadership of our financial operations, investments, technology, human resources, and facilities management."

"At a time when the foundation is focused on even deeper community impact and extraordinary service to our donors, having Dee's kind of first rate investment and financial acumen and experience is a big asset," Gallo added. "Dee's appointment rounds out the senior management team now in place at the Foundation; the Trustees and I are delighted to have her on board."

Jennings has more than 20 years of experience in financial operations and management in the Santa Barbara area.

She has held several senior management positions for Santa Barbara's leading companies, including Manager of Finance and Administration for Textron, Inc. and a Senior Manager in charge of day to day operations for Bartlett, Pringle and Wolf. Jennings was also a former Director of Contracts and Finance for Tetra Tech, Inc., an Assistant Business Manager for Raytheon, and a Financial Planner for IDS/American Express.

Ms. Jennings serves as a lecturer at UCSB Extension and Antioch University in Finance. She has been involved in area nonprofits including Guide Dogs of America, Animal Shelter Assistance Program, and Family Services Agency.

A native of Texas, Jennings has a master's degree in business administration from Golden Gate University and a bachelor's degree in education from Baylor University. A CPA and Registered Investment Advisor, she is married with one daughter who attends college in Pennsylvania.

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