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Source: VNA Health

Earlier this month, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing (PSHH) saw the retirement of Senior Project Manager Mark Wilson, a pioneer of the ‘working from home model’ and dedicated employee who has provided support and service to the organization for more than 28 years.

Kati Buehler, a long-time Santa Barbara resident and retired senior administrator for Westmont College will become the new president of the Rotary Club of Montecito starting July 1.

Buehler has enjoyed a wide-ranging career in higher education, governmental affairs, and financial planning. She recently retired as senior director of the gift planning office at Westmont College where she spent more than a decade helping alumni, parents and friends of the college find creative ways to support the institution through their wills and trusts.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History recently launched a new online resource called SBnature From Home(sbnature.org/from-home), a carefully curated collection of ways to connect to science and nature while the Museum is closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Denise Stevens has been named president of the Planned Giving Advisory Council at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Other members serving on the Planned Giving Advisory Council include Kristen Blabey, Mark A. Cooper, Brady Leck, Brett Piersma, Jackie Quinn, Kathie Scroggs, Suzi Schomer, Caroline Grange, and Rochelle Rose.

This month, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing (PSHH) received a generous gift of $20,000, from the Santa Barbara Foundation. This gift will support the Resident Assistance Fund, which provides direct financial support to residents living at PSHH properties with medical, food, and utility emergencies.

Charley Egan has been elected to the board of directors of the Center for Successful Aging (CSA), it was announced by board president Bobbi Kroot. A Montecito resident, Egan is a real estate broker at Village Properties. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz, he also earned a Master’s at the University of Southern California.

The 6th Annual Santa Barbara Housing Conference has been rescheduled for Friday, October 2, 2020 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. The original conference date was Friday, May 1, 2020.

This decision was made by the Coastal Housing Coalition Board of Directors in response to California public health officials’ recent directive to minimize the spread and mitigate the effects of COVID19.