Jacki Belt has been a member of the Women’s Fund since 2013. She received her BA from the University of Colorado with a major in English Literature and a minor in Philosophy. She further received both an MA and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. As a licensed psychologist in private practice, she treated individuals, couples and families as well as providing group therapy. She volunteered her time to present many programs to groups, schools and church organizations on topics such as Eating Disorder Prevention, Healthy Parenting and Raising Resilient Children. She was also a member of the Eating Disorders Consortium, the Christy Heinrich Foundation, Planned Parenthood and various local and national professional organizations. She enjoyed consulting and acting in an advisory capacity on team-building and communication skills. Having raised a family and lived in Kansas City for nearly 40 years, Jacki retired her private practice and moved to Santa Barbara. The Women’s Fund attracted her interest as a way to become involved in the community and to meet/ work with interesting women committed to making positive change. Jacki served on the Research Committee from 2014 to 2016.  Currently, she acts as the Chair of the Volunteer Engagement Committee and participates on the Board of Directors.

Kathy has been a member of the Women’s Fund since 2015, joining the Finance Committee in 2019. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Montclair State University and a master’s degree from Stanford. Kathy began her career as a CPA with Ernst & Young, specializing in corporate tax and financial accounting for income taxes. She became a partner in the San Jose office in 1989. She has also managed her own corporate financial and tax consulting practice. Kathy has been active in volunteer work for over 20 years; she has served on the boards of the Catholic Foundation of Santa Clara County, Summit League, San Jose Repertory Theatre and Archbishop Mitty High School. She and her husband split their time between Santa Barbara and Saratoga.

Kerry joined the Women’s Fund in 2019. Until her retirement in 2019, she was the owner of HollandParlette, an Association Management Company (AMC) headquartered in San Francisco. The company specializes in providing strategic direction and management to nonprofit organizations. Throughout her 30+ year career, she served as Executive Director for a wide range of regional, state, and national membership organizations where she was responsible for financial management, board leadership, conferences, grant writing, membership development, communications, advocacy, and public relations. She became a Certified Association Executive (CAE) in 1991 and a Lifetime Member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in 2005. Kerry holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Iowa and a master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Iowa State University. Kerry has been married for over 40 years to James Parker who is Director, Patient Financial Services at Cottage Health in Santa Barbara. They have one son, Reid, who lives in Seattle.

Lauren Trujillo first came to Santa Barbara to attend UCSB where she received a B.A. in History. She is a UCLA MLIS graduate and is the Foundation Director of the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation. Lauren is also a member of the Junior League, Santa Barbara Northside Optimist Club, Santa Barbara Young Professionals, and sits on the board of the Women’s Literary Festival of Santa Barbara. She is thrilled to join the membership team and give back to our community as a member of the Women’s Fund.

Laurie has been a member of the Women's Fund since 2008. She has previously served as Research Committee Co-Chair, Grantee Liaison, and Steering Committee chair. From 2018 to 2020, she was Board Chair of the newly incorporated Women’s Fund. Currently, she chairs the Information Technology committee and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. After earning a B.A. from University of Illinois, Laurie pursued a career in financial services and in 1982 she founded her own financial research company. She was a member of several nonprofit boards across the country focused on the welfare of families and children. Since moving to Santa Barbara in 2000, she has chaired the Newcomers Club community service committee, led the United Way's "Lunch Bunch" program, and served as a board member and interim Executive Director of the Nonprofit Support Center. She has also served on the Ensemble Theatre, Social Venture Partners and Transition House boards.

Lynn rejoined the Women’s Fund in 2018, participating with both the Membership Committee and a Special Projects workgroup. She grew up in Colorado and has a Master’s Degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Colorado State University. Before moving to Santa Barbara in 1989, she worked in both the Research and Public Affairs Departments of the Kansas City Federal Reserve. She has served in various nonprofit leadership roles in Santa Barbara, including as Board Chair for the Channel Islands YMCA, the Nonprofit Support Center, and The Arts Fund. She was the Vice President for Family Education Services at Independent Means Inc. before taking on the role of Executive Director for the Youth and Family Services YMCA from 2008-2016.

Mary joined the Women's Fund in early 2019. She grew up in an Air Force family, moving frequently until settling in central Illinois. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Champagne Urbana, Mary has a BFA in Painting. During her 40-year career in communications, Mary worked in a variety of industries, including small ad agencies, not-for-profit homes for the aging, not-for-profit publishing, engineering services, as well as Southern California Edison and Beckman Coulter, a subsidiary of Danaher. She was also active in the International Association of Business Communicators, serving on local, regional and global boards. Mary and husband Curt moved to Santa Barbara in 2018 when they retired. Since then, she has also served as VP Communications for the local chapter of Newcomers.