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Roberta Collier

Position
Educational Events Co-Chair
Year Joined
2018
Biography

As a member of the Women's Fund since 2018, Roberta currently serves as a Board member and the Educational Events Committee Chair. She retired from a long career in public education that encompassed diverse roles in teaching, curriculum and administration at preschool through university levels in Northern California. She loves learning, has a rather nerdy background as a historian educated at UC Davis, and will happily engage anyone in conversation about how the past affects the future. Since moving to Santa Barbara in 2015, she and her husband Matt have been involved with several local not-for-profit agencies in their effort to add value to the community they dearly love.

Wendy Arienzo

Position
Information Technology Co-chair
Year Joined
2023
Biography

Wendy joined the Women’s Fund in 2023, a year after retiring and moving to Santa Barbara. Wendy has a BS/MS in Materials Science Engineering from Brown University and a PhD from Stanford University in the same field. Wendy has enjoyed over 35 years in high tech manufacturing where she has held a variety of positions with IBM, NXP Semiconductors, Philips and most recently, Fujifilm. She serves on the boards of two public companies: Power Integrations and ICHOR Holdings. She is also serving as VP Communications for the local chapter of Newcomers.

Yonie Harris

Year Joined
2016
Biography

Yonie Harris joined the Women's Fund in 2016 and was a group captain last year.  In 2013 she retired from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she was the dean of students. Yonie has a doctorate in anthropology from UCSB and did fieldwork in the South Pacific. She is a member of the board of directors of the Isla Vista Youth Projects and the board of managers of Youth and Family Services, having served as chair of both boards.

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