George Adam, Alexandra Allen add northern Santa Barbara voices to SB Foundation Board in 2024 | Lifestyles

They are George Adam, owner of Innovative Produce, and Alexandra Allen, attorney/house counsel at Main Street Produce and Freshway Farms.

Certified financial planner and founder of Impact Family Office Kiah Jordan of Santa Barbara, and philanthropic consultant and former President of the Orfalea Foundations Lois Mitchell from Carpinteria were also added to the board effective Jan. 1.

“We are thrilled to welcome George, Alexandra, Kiah and Lois to our board,” said SBF president and CEO Jackie Carrera. “Their experience in the community and expertise in agriculture, investing and finance, law and philanthropy will expand and deepen the Foundation’s ability to respond to our region’s most pressing challenges.”

A fifth-generation Santa Maria Valley grower, Adam has served as a board member for the Grower-Shipper Association of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and is currently on the boards of Preservation, Inc. and Western Growers Association. Additionally, he serves on the AgWest Local Agency Committee and occasionally volunteers as a guest lecturer at Cal Poly SLO in the ag policy class.

Mr. Adam was a founding board member of the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum and currently serves on the Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation board.

Allen is currently on the board of directors of the Western Growers Association, Solid Rock Foundation for Children, and is a member of the Santa Barbara County Agricultural Advisory Committee.

Foundation CEO Carrera said that the inclusion of voices from across Santa Barbara County, will allow the Foundation to better ensure the unique strengths and challenges of diverse communities’ are represented and addressed by Foundation efforts.

The new trustees join incoming board chair Matt Rowe, incoming vice chair Angel Iscovich, MD, treasurer Danna McGrew, incoming secretary Michael Pfau, chair emeritus Steve Hicks, as well as Phil Alvarado, Dr. Richard Beswick, Pamela Gann, Rafael Gonzalez, Pamela Macal, Robert Nakasone, Ernesto Paredes, Susan Richards, Lynn Scarlett, Alexander Simas, Tracy Stouffer, and Zohar Ziv.

Outgoing trustees include Rev. Randall Day, James Rogers and Ginger Salazar. Immediate past board chair Steve Hicks completed his term as chair on Dec. 31, and will remain an officer in the role of chair emeritus of the board of trustees.