Professional Services

Source: Service Objects

Service Objects, the leading provider of real-time contact validation solutions, has reached a major milestone in the company’s history by processing its four billionth transaction.

This milestone reinforces Service Objects’ role as the industry expert in contact data validation, with services that now include global address and email validation, phone validation and more. The company now serves over 2,800 customers, including major firms such as Amazon, Best Buy, Microsoft, Verizon and Mastercard.

Source: Pacific Pride Foundation

Pacific Pride Foundation (PPF), providing programs and services to more than 10,000 people in Santa Barbara County, proudly announces the launch of a new Development Director position. This full-time position, based in Santa Barbara but engaging with the County as a whole, is the first of its kind at PPF for more than a decade.

Source: Carpinteria Valley Chamber

The Carpinteria Valley Chamber Leadership Team is dedicated to creating a healthy local economy and building a strong environment for economic growth and sustainability.

Physician Executive Farid Hassanpour Joins Health Plan on Central Coast

CenCal Health, the publicly-sponsored health plan for Medi-Cal in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, announces the appointment of Farid Hassanpour, D.O., M.B.A., F.A.A.P. to its key leadership position of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Hassanpour will provide medical leadership to the organization by ensuring medical quality and adherence to professional and ethical medical standards by the health plan and its network of providers.

Source: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Rick Wayman, newly appointed President and CEO of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), is ushering in 2020 with a vital, new direction.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is proud to announce Terrence Valeski as the new Chair of its Board of Trustees. Mr. Valeski has served on the Museum’s board for six years and previously served as Vice Chair for Finance. He accepted the chair position at the Museum’s annual meeting on January 28, 2020.

A positive-news media production and publishing organization, The Optimist Daily is a perfect fit for McKay, a genuinely upbeat person who remarkably has taken on her new role as CEO at the same time she’s taken on another role of a lifetime: first-time motherhood.

The UC Berkeley (BA) and UCLA (MBA) educated McKay had been building successful “do-good do-well” businesses for 20 years and was a consultant with The Optimist Daily when she was invited last year to take the leadership reins on the online publication.

Allen & Kimbell, LLP is pleased to announce that David E. Graff has been made a partner at the firm.  Admitted to the bar in 2004, David has been practicing law for the past ten years at Allen & Kimbell.  

A dual certified specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, as well as Taxation Law, David is equipped to advise clients in estate planning, trust administration, and tax planning.  

With a mission to enhance our community’s awareness and appreciation of the built environment since 1983, the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara continues to adapt to the needs of today’s community with its new website. The fresh user-friendly and mobile-centric design showcases expanded resources for community members and architecture enthusiasts.

The longest continuously meeting Toastmasters Club in the world, chartered 1929, entertained a distinguished visit from Deepak Menon, President of Toastmasters International. Menon, who is here from New Delhi, India, attended the 7 a.m. meeting and spoke to the Members on the value of developing self-confidence and leadership skills through the public speaking opportunities the Toastmasters Club provides.

Dear stakeholders and constituents of Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary,

We are currently seeking applications for six (6) seats on the Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Public At-Large (one alternate position)
Recreational Fishing (member and alternate)
Education (alternate)
Chumash Community (member and alternate)
Conservation (member)
Tourism (member)

Noted family law attorney Renee M. Fairbanks has been accepted to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

“I’m proud, thrilled and extremely gratified to have earned this distinguished affiliation,” said Fairbanks, an attorney and certified family law specialist with family law offices in Santa Barbara and Los Olivos. “It took some real time and effort, and it was absolutely worth it. The AAML is the gold standard in my area of law.”

The Coastal Housing Coalition announced that Tony Tomasello has been elected to the board of directors.

Tomasello is a senior planner and project manager at RRM Design Group in Santa Barbara. He works with local agencies and private landowners in the management of a broad range of projects including multifamily, mixed-use, and commercial developments from due diligence and project programming, community outreach, entitlements, permitting, and compliance.

Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara has announced Joshua Weitzman as its new Executive Director. Mr. Weitzman was appointed to the role after holding the position of Associate Executive Director for the past year and a half, working under Kim Olson, who recently retired after a 40-year career with the organization.

Montecito Sanitary District staff members Daniel Jacquez, Chief Plant Operator, and Marc Ciarlo,
Operator Grade 5, recently received their Advanced Water Treatment Operator (AWTO) certifications.
The AWTO certification program was recently developed using a nationally recognized process to define
the roles and responsibilities for advanced wastewater treatment. This new certification program is
jointly administered by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the California Water

Montecito Sanitary District staff members Daniel Jacquez, Chief Plant Operator, and Marc Ciarlo, Operator Grade 5, recently received their Advanced Water Treatment Operator (AWTO) certifications.

Santa Barbara City College is proud to announce that John Connelly has been selected as the Director of the Atkinson Gallery. The Atkinson Gallery is the Art Department's showcase for the visual arts, which hosts exhibitions of contemporary art each academic year featuring international, national, regional and student artists working in a wide range of styles and media.

Casa Serena, the longest-serving, non-profit residential treatment program for women challenged by addiction and related mental health diagnoses, recently received accreditation by the Joint Commission (jointcommission.org). This accreditation provides patients, families, referral sources, and insurance companies with assurance that the highest standards of care and outcomes are being achieved.

Source: Avalan

Avalan is excited to announce that Austin Muller has joined the firm as a Junior Financial Advisor.

Muller is a recent graduate from Westmont College, where he received a baseball scholarship and a bachelor’s degree in psychology with an emphasis in business. Muller accepted an internship last year with Avalan and proved to be a natural at connecting with clients.

“Austin’s passion for building relationships and serving our clients’ needs make him an ideal fit for our team,” says Avalan’s Founding Partner Rich Schuette, CFP®.

Supporting what is rapidly becoming one of the top law school trial programs in the country, UCLA Law alumnus A. Barry Cappello (class of 1965) has pledged to donate an additional $500,000 to UCLA School of Law’s Cappello Program in Trial Advocacy. The gift raises Cappello’s total donations to UCLA Law to $2.75 million.

Barry Cappello and Leila Noël, partners in the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP, were recently selected for inclusion in 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Both attorneys were recognized for their legal skills in mass tort litigation and plaintiff class action representation. Since 1992, Cappello has been consecutively ranked as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” based on annual surveys. This is the first year that Noël has received the honor.

A former California Department of Education official has been named executive director of an education-focused nonprofit to achieve her plan of helping more students attain their college and career goals.

This July, Donna Wyatt started operating as executive director of Get Focused…Stay Focused! , a nonprofit organization based in Santa Barbara that provides a guidance program administered in classrooms that’s designed to increase high school and college completion while ensuring students are successfully transitioned into the workforce.

Family Service Agency (FSA) of Santa Barbara County welcomes new trustees to its Board of Directors, Emerson Baja and Linda Sessler.

Emerson Baja is employed with the Santa Barbara County Probation Department and possesses a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice. He has vast experience working with the adult and juvenile offender population, providing resources and encouraging both preventative and rehabilitative services.

Attorney Kenneth J. Melrose has joined the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël, LLP as an associate, according to A. Barry Cappello, managing partner.

Jenifer Napoli joins American Riviera Bank (OTC Markets:
ARBV) as Vice President, Regional Branch Banking Manager, where she will continue doing what
she does best: building great teams and growing customer relationships. With 15 years of managerial
experience in the region, Napoli’s expertise fits American Riviera Bank’s goals to deliver true
community banking across our communities.
“We’re thrilled Jen is joining the American Riviera Bank team. This bank is built on relationships

Source: FSA

Family Service Agency (FSA) of Santa Barbara County announces Robin Doell-Sawaske and Terri Zuniga as co-presidents for its 2019-2020 Board of Directors. The full slate of officers also includes Jane Santos Sweeney, Vice President of Programs; Marni Cooney and Ed Galanski, Co-Vice Presidents of Development; Molly Carrillo-Walker and Rod Durham, Co-Treasurers; and Tricia Price, Secretary.

The Pacific Coast Business Times’ Latino Business Awards
announced Barbara Caballero-Muñoz, VP, Loan Administrator at American Riviera Bank, as the
honoree in the Banking & Finance category. The awards remarked on Caballero-Muñoz’s work
ethic, contributions to the community, and her dedication to her family.
The Latino Business Awards, now in its eighth year,
honors individuals from companies and organizations
representing the leading segments in the tri-county
economy. The awards recognize an honoree’s success