LuAnn joined the Women’s Fund in 2008, and is a member of the Finance committee. She grew up in Ojai and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences as well as Single Subject and Multiple Subjects teaching credentials from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. She moved to Goleta in 1979, teaching kindergarten, 4^th grade and preschool before becoming the Executive Director of Isla Vista Youth Projects. She has served in various nonprofit leadership roles in Santa Barbara, including Co-Chair of the Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council, Co-Chair of the Network of Family Resource Centers, Special Events Chair for the local chapter of the Association for the Education of Young Children, and the Nonprofit Representative to the Executive Committee for the KIDS Network. Recently retired after 33 years at the helm of Isla Vista Youth Projects, she is enjoying more time to travel and volunteer in the community.