COMMUNICATION
Engage in regular information sharing about capacities, accomplishments, and commitments.
COLLABORATION
Work together through the formation of strategic partnerships and the establishment of shared goals.
COORDINATION
Seeking to match services to needs by recognizing the strengths and assets of each partner organization.
COOPERATION
Recognizing that working together helps to respond to a disaster effectively and to rebuild a community.
SBC VOAD works to help members prepare their own agencies for disaster and facilitates collaboration between agencies to assist Santa Barbara communities when disaster strikes through:
Our Mission
Meetings
SBC VOAD meetings are held quarterly, either online or in person. Members will receive invitations and agendas in advance of each meeting.
The Executive Committee
CO-CHAIR
Alexis Nshamamba
Director of Housing & Quality Assurance,
Good Samaritan Shelter
CO-CHAIR
Elisa Pardo
Program Manager,
Communify
SECRETARY
Nicholas Nguyen
Director of Emergency Services, The Salvation Army
TREASURER
Jennifer Griffin
Executive Director,
Independent Living Resource Center
COMMUNICATION
Jessica Hodge
Disaster Program Manager,
American Red Cross