Public Events
Members-Only Events
Subject matter experts share their knowledge across a range of impact-oriented topics, verticals, and practices.
Impact-based companies present their vision and offering.
Focus areas include environment, health, energy, technology, housing, ocean health, social justice, community, and others.
Member-only social gatherings that happen after public events, during which members can meet the presenters.
Issue-focused groups where we identify the most impactful things we can do in Santa Barbara, brainstorm local resources, and plan.
Educational events including workshops, discussing impact investments, and sharing personal experiences.
EVENTS
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Wearable Medical Technologies -
04/25/24
Please join us for a discussion on Wearable Medical Technologies. The first presenters are from BioVisual Technologies (BVT): Chris Outwater, CEO and Founder, and John Naulin Co-Founder. Our third speaker is Bob Lansdorp, PhD, Founder and CEO, Milo Sensors.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Cutting-Edge Technologies for Realizing the Energy Storage Future —
Local Startups that are Leading the Way -
03/21/24
Please join us for a discussion with Nate Kirchhofer and Linus Kautzsch.
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Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Clean and Resilient Power for Community Healthcare -
02/29/24
Please join us for a presentation by Andrew MacCalla, Co-Founder and CEO of Collective Energy Company, a social business specializing in bringing clean and reliable power with solar+storage microgrids to non-profit community health centers in the U.S. Collective Energy’s mission is to ensure everyone has access to reliable and affordable health services, even when the power goes out.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
The Power of Storytelling - In the Face of Climate Change -
01/25/24
Please join us to meet Victoria (Vicki) Riskin, founder of Bluedot Living — At Home on Earth, a fast- growing media company with a Newsletter/Website/Magazine network focused on telling the stories of changemakers addressing climate change and helping people live more sustainably in communities across North America.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
2023 SCA Members’ Holiday Gathering -
12/06/23
Join us for a Holiday gathering to wrap up the year!
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
A Field Trip to the Harmony Coast Aquaculture Institute and Kelpful Headquarters -
09/27/23
Join us for for a 90-minute walking tour and discussion of HCAI in Cayucos, followed by lunch and a visit to Kelpful Headquarters in San Luis Obispo.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Women Leaders in the 4P Economy - Purpose, Planet, People, Profit -
10/26/23
Please join SCA’s fascinating program focused on inspiring local business leaders. Keynote address from Elizabeth Cholawsky, Kathy Odell, Taylor Heisley-Cook, Rashi Bahri and Kelley Scanlin.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Sustainable Community Networks -
A Scalable Model for Accelerated Distributed Energy Resource Deployment
Exhibit A - Your Very Own Santa Barbara Home Power Program -
05/23/23
Please join us for a conversation with Stephen Honikman, Vice President Business Development at Electriq.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: California’s Cap-and-Trade Program -
06/22/23
Join SCA for a presentation by David Backens, CFA, Portfolio Manager at Amet Partners, as well as a talk Jesse Rosenberg, General Manager, BCycle.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Common Table Foundation Back to the Basics with Warren Ritter, Executive Director, Common Table Foundation -
04/12/23
Please join SCA for a conversation with Warren Ritter and a Back to the Basics Common Table!
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Social Justice Investing With Rachel J. Robasciotti, CEO & Founder, Adasina Social Capital -
02/15/23
Join us for a conversation with Rachel Robasciotti, a nationally recognized leader in finance, to learn how investors are meaningfully integrating racial, gender, economic, and climate justice into investment portfolios.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Investing in Ocean Health and Sustainability -
01/31/23
Join us for a gathering to learn about investing in ocean health and sustainability. The event will begin with a short panel focusing on funding ocean investments through both philanthropy and venture capital and will then lead into a networking session featuring several startups in the ocean space.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
Social Justice Investing with Rachel J. Robasciotti, CEO & Founder, Adasina Social Capital -
01/04/23
Join us for a conversation with Rachel Robasciotti, a nationally recognized leader in finance, to learn how investors are meaningfully integrating racial, gender, economic, and climate justice into investment portfolios.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Medtech Impact Social -
11/02/22
Join us for a gathering to celebrate the impact of Santa Barbara medtech innovators. Featured companies and speakers include: Vine Medical, Integrated Biosciences and SciKare.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: How Early-Stage Investments Will Unlock the Hydrogen Economy - 10/18/22
Please join SCA at the beautiful Santa Barbara Club for an engaging conversation on the hydrogen economy with speakers Jack Brouwer and Dr. Anita Sengupta as well as Moderator Ivor John.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents:
A Presentation by Peter Stricker, President, Ocean Portal Water Company/SeaWell LLC -
09/08/22
Join us for a conversation with Peter Stricker about SeaWell's easy-to-install, modular, floating, reverse osmosis buoys for conversion of seawater to freshwater directly from the ocean, through projects developed by Ocean Portal.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Santa Barbara Yacht Club Social
Please join SCA for a members-only August social at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club.
Sustainable Change Alliance and White Buffalo Land Trust Present:
A Site Visit to Jalama Canyon Ranch -
06/14/22
Join SCA for a visit to the 1,000-acre Jalama Canyon Ranch that is a center for regenerative agriculture with opportunities for education, training and research.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: 2022 Intellectual Property Sandbox - 04/26/22
Please join Sustainable Change Alliance and these five exciting intellectual property backed startups developed by UCSB students and faculty.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Net Zero: From here to Antarctica 2041 - 05/24/22
Please join us for an important conversation with Casey Rogers, Kiah Jordan and Sigrid Wright-CEO/Executive Director at Community Environmental Council.
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Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Big Brains and Beers - 03/31/22
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Andrea Young about quantum computing and how it is poised to revolutionize the world.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Can Technology Solutions Help Solve the Housing Crisis? - 02/25/22
Join us and CEO of Family Communities, Partner Manager of Procore, and CEO of Bevy House for a discussion on innovative solutions to housing.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: What Happened at COP26? - 01/20/22
Join us for a conversation with two local climate influencers that attended the COP26 event in Glasgow, and learn about the inner workings of the COP event as our global community tries to tackle the most challenging issue of our time.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Investing In Ocean Health - 11/17/21
Please join SCA, UCSB Bren School & NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to learn how we can invest in a healthy sustainable ocean.
Sustainable Change Alliance Presents: Medtech Impact Social - 10/13/21
Join us for an in-person gathering with local medtech companies at the Santa Barbara Wine Collective! Join us on Wednesday, October 13th from 5:00-7:00 pm at the Santa Barbara Wine Collective: 131 Anacapa St C, Santa Barbara. This will be an outdoor event. For everyone’s safety, this is a vaccinated-guests-only event.
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Innovative Solutions to Homelessness – An Update on the Dignity Moves Project - 9/15/21
Our featured guests for this event are: Elizabeth Funk, Founder & CEO, Dignity Capital; Aaron Edelheit, Chief Strategy Officer, Flo Technologies; With Moderator: Matt Riley, CEO, Infinity Renewables and SCA Board Member.
Members Only Social Gathering - 6/24/21
Members-only social gathering with special musical guests, Goodland Brass Quintet. From 5:00pm to 7:00pm.
Members Only Visit to White Buffalo Land Trust - 8/26/21
Members-only visit to White Buffalo Land Trust, a nonprofit promoting developing systems of regenerative agriculture. From 4:00pm to 6:00pm.
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Our featured guests for this event are: Nathanael Siemens, Regenerative Farmer, Rodale Institute – Farm Research Center, Ventura County; Ron Boehm, Principal, Boma Investments and Co-Founder, RISE Beyond; Kiah Jordan, Founder, Impact Family Office and Sustainable Change Alliance Board Member; Marvin Boateng, Director of Lending at Economic Development Collaborative.
With Moderator: Shakira Miracle, Executive Director, Santa Barbara County Food Action
Our featured guests for this event are: Pedro Paz, Director of Grantmaking, Santa Barbara Foundation; Petra Gomez, Program Manager, Santa Barbara Foundation; Teresa Alvarez, Interim Executive Director, Carpinteria Children’s Project; Tom Lamica, Allan Hancock College; Project Director, K-12 Partnerships, CWE, Career Development; Jane Renahan, Director of Property Management, People’s Self-Help Housing.
With Moderator: Jackie Carrera, President and CEO, Santa Barbara Foundation
Our featured guest for this event is: Daniel Palmer, Deployment Manager at OGCI CLIMATE INVESTMENTS
With Moderator:
John Glanville, CEO, Maps.com and Sustainable Change Alliance Board Member.
Our featured guest for this event is:
Elizabeth Funk, Impact Investor, ESG advocate, Board Member, Public Speaker.
With Moderator:
Rob Skinner, CEO, The Towbes Group
Our featured guests for this event are Aaron Nesser, Co-Founder and CEO, AlgiKnit Inc.; Tessa Callaghan, Co-Founder, Chief Innovation Officer, AlgiKnit Inc.; Todd Crescenzo, Founder & Managing Partner, Clear Creek Investments, LLC; Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda, Founder and CEO, Urchinomics; Gracie White, Oceans Investment Manager, Conservation International Ventures LLC; Harry Rappaport, Finance and Strategy, Urchinomics.
Moderator:
Laura Francis, Director, Sea Forward Fund
Our featured guests for this event are Jeff Dozier, Environmental Science Professor, UC Santa Barbara; Peter Yolles, Environmental Investor & Advisor; Esther Altura, CEO of Drizzlex; Robert Lee, CEO of Subterra.
Moderator:
Matthew Stotts, Vice Chair, Sustainable Change Alliance.
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Our featured guest for this event is Lynn N. Fitzgibbons, MD. Dr. Fitzgibbons is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, and chair of the Division of Infectious Disease at Cottage Health.
Moderator:
Richard Beswick, Ph.D., MBA and Cottage Health Vice President of Research & Chief Research Officer.
Our featured guests for this event are Tami Mayorga, Owner of The Talk of the Town Hair Salon; Elly Iverson, Owner of Eji Experiences; Reyna Chavez, Owner of Scrubs on the Run. .
Moderator:
Kathy Odell, CEO, Women's Economic Ventures .
Our featured guests for this event are April Price of Community Environmental Council (CEC) and Matt Riley of Asteri Solar.
Moderator:
Michael Smith, General Partner at Regeneration.VC.
Our featured guests for this event are Stephen MacIntosh, SCA Board Member, Director of Financial Planning at Argyle Capital Partners, Kiah Jordan, SCA Board Member and Founder of Impact Family Office, and Tom Bird, entrepreneur and investor.
Moderator:
Matthew Stotts, Founder of Tenor Partners.
Our featured guest for this event was Craig Lewis, Executive Director of the Clean Coalition.
Moderator:
Stephen MacIntosh, SCA Board Member, Director of Financial Planning at Argyle Capital Partners.
SCA Conversations Presents:
Investing in a Vibrant Downtown: Innovation, Leadership and Action - 11/18/20
Our featured guests for this event are Keith Higbee, Managing Partner at Strategy, Growth & Ventures; Diana Pereira, Founder of The Kitchen 530.
Moderator:
Amy Cooper, SCA Board Member, Local Business Owner & Entrepreneur.
SCA Conversations Presents:
2020 Virtual Intellectual Property Sandbox - 10/21/20
Our featured guests for this event were: Lisa White, CEO of In2Cell; Robert Postrozny, Development, Xiresta; Prajakta Kulkarni, CEO of SciKare; David Meng, CEO of Khyron.
Moderator:
Sherylle Mills Englander, Director, UCSB Office of Technology & Industry Alliances.
SCA Conversations Presents:
Ocean Health:
Threats, Opportunities and Solutions - 10/7/20
Our featured guests for this event were Steve Gaines, Dean of Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UCSB; Ben Halpern, Professor of Marine Ecology and Conservation Planning, UCSB; Christopher Costello, Professor of Resource Economics, UCSB; Douglas McCauley, Director of Benioff Ocean Initiative and Associate Professor, UCSB.
Moderator:
Laura Francis, Director, Sea Forward Fund.
SCA Conversations Presents:
Managing Impactful Businesses Through the Pandemic - 9/9/20
Our featured guests for this event are Rashi Bahri Chitnis, Founder and CEO of Shoonya; Andreas Forsland, Founder and CEO of Cognixion; Julie Henley McNamara, Operating Partner at Entrada Ventures.
Moderator:
Tom Washing, Founder of Sequel Venture Partners, Angel Impact Investor.
SCA Conversations Presents:
Business Impact:
Structures and Certificates for Sustainability - 8/12/20
Our featured guests for this event are Avery Young, Co-Founder at Everoot; Mary Linnell Simmons, Director of Marketing at Fair Trade America; Scott Welker, VP International Business Development at GoodWeave International.
Moderator:
Christopher Gallo, Vice President, Wealth Management at UBS Santa Barbara
SCA Conversations Presents:
Entrepreneurs and Investors in the Renewable Energy World - 7/29/20
Our featured guests for this upcoming event are Matt Riley, Head of Grid-Scale Renewables, ENGIE North America; Owen Barrett, Founder, Lumeo, ZNE Capital.
Moderator:
Titus Brenninkmeijer, President, Solgenix
SCA Conversations Presents:
Startup Investing in a
Changing Landscape - 7/15/20
Our featured guests for this upcoming event are Seth Levy, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP; Philip B. Taub, Partner & Head of Private Equity, Nixon Peabody LLP.
Moderator:
Sherylle Mills Englander, Director, Office of Technology & Industry Alliances at University of California, Santa Barbara
SCA Conversations Presents:
Homelessness: What's Working, What's Ahead - 7/1/20
Our featured guests for our upcoming event are
Brad Fieldhouse, President/Executive Director of City Net; Jeff Shaffer, Director of Initiatives, SB ACT; Alice Villarreal Redit, Resident Services Supervisor at the Housing Authority, City of Santa Barbara; and Moderator: Glenn Bacheller, Sustainable Change Alliance Member
& Homelessness Volunteer.
SCA Conversations Presents:
Creating Community and Equality in Our Food System - 6/17/20
Our featured guests for our upcoming event are Kendra Wise, Supervising Environmental Health Specialist with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, Alegra Roth, Food and Climate Program Manager at Community Environmental Council, Shakira Miracle, Executive Director at
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network, and Lacey Baldivez, Director of Community Programs and Education at Food Bank SB County. This event will be moderated by Kiah Jordan, Founder at Impact Family Office.
SCA Conversations Presents:
Cottage Partnering with the Community for COVID 19 Response - 6/3/20
Our featured guests for our upcoming event is Ron Werft, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cottage Health with Dr. Richard Beswick, Vice President of Research and Chief Research Officer, Cottage Health and SCA Foundation Board Member as co-host and moderator
SCA Conversations Presents:
Coronavirus: Opportunities to Address Climate Change - 5/27/20
Our featured guests for our upcoming event is:
Dr. Ivor John, Managing Partner, Hydrogen Power Partners, LLC and moderated by
Stephen MacIntosh, Director of Financial Planning with Argyle Capital Partners and founding Board Member of SCA Foundation
SCA Conversations Presents:
White Buffalo Land Trust--Future of Regenerative Agriculture on the Central Coast - 5/20/20
Our featured guests for our upcoming event is
White Buffalo Land Trust:
Steve Finkle, Founder & President
Jesse Smith, Director of Land Stewardship
Moderator: Sherylle Mills Englander
Director, UCSB Office of Technology & Industry Alliances
SCA Conversations Presents:
County Response to Covid-19 with Supervisor Das Williams - 4/29/20
Das Williams is the County Supervisor on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. He represents the First District, which encompasses Carpinteria, most of Santa Barbara, and parts of the Los Padres National Forest.
SCA Conversations presents: Bridging nonprofits, for-profits and philanthropy to meet this moment
The guest this week is Geoff Green From the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce and will be moderated by Dr. Peter Brill SCA discussing non profit earned income training programs
Apr 8, 2020 01:00 PM Pacific Time
Weekly SCA Conversations
For those of you that missed
SCA Conversations with
Interim CEO at Santa Barbara Foundation
Jackie Carrera
COVID-19 Joint Response Effort
CLICK THE LINK BELOW
Wed April 1st 1:00 PM Webinar
Topic: Sustainable Change Alliance | COVID-19 Joint Response Effort
Time: Apr 1, 2020 01:00 PM Pacific Time
Intellectual Property Sandbox
Various companies from UCSB
Edtech and Edutainment: The Future of Learning is Now
Rashi Bahri of Shoonya
Girish Venkat & Jon Kraft of Thrively
David Obst & Sasha Barab of The Advisor
Purpose Driven Wealth: Engaging the Impact Generation
Alexandra Cole of Purpose Generation
Whitney Webb of Launch Generation
Rachel Winslow of Westmont Downtown
Tanaaz Jasani of Swell Investing
Impact Investing and Innovation in the Fields of Rehabilitation, Disabilities, and Assistive Technologies
Sharon Basham of Cottage Health
Andreas Forsland of Cognixion
Thomas Kaufmann of Otojoy
Demystifying Direct Impact Investments
Brian Coryat of Entrada Ventures
Tom Olson of Nasif, Hicks, Harris and Co.
Francesco Barbera of Barbera Corporate Law, P.C.
Impact Investing in Real Estate
Gino Borges of Open Path Investments
Joe Halsell of Halsell Building
Diana Pereira of Impact Hub Santa Barbara
Our Values and Journey to Impact Investing
Peter Brill of Sustainable Change Alliance
Toby Bateson of Wells Fargo Advisors
Jonathan Gartner of Sustainable Change Alliance
Exclusive Tasting with Frinj Coffee
MEMBERS ONLY
Jay Ruskey, Founder & CEO, Frinj
Reversing the Tide II
TONIIC in partnership with Sustainable Change Alliance
Intellectual Property Sandbox
Edtech and Edutainment: The Future of Learning is Now
Rashi Bahri of Shoonya
Girish Venkat & Jon Kraft of Thrively
David Obst & Sasha Barab of The Advisor
Purpose Driven Wealth: Engaging the Impact Generation
Impact Investing and Innovation in the Fields of Rehabilitation, Disabilities, and Assistive Technologies
PAST EVENTS AND SPEAKERS
Women in Entrepreneurship: Impact, Purpose, and Profit
Sherry Villanueva, ACME Hospitality
Sandra Hirsch, Zyris
Sumita Pennathur, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UCSB
Denise Wharton, Ventura Training Institute
Exclusive Tasting with Frinj Coffee
MEMBERS ONLY
Jay Ruskey, Founder & CEO, Frinj
Reversing the Tide II
TONIIC in partnership with Sustainable Change Alliance
Intellectual Property Sandbox
Various companies from UCSB
Edtech and Edutainment: The Future of Learning is Now
Rashi Bahri of Shoonya
Girish Venkat & Jon Kraft of Thrively
David Obst & Sasha Barab of The Advisor
Purpose Driven Wealth: Engaging the Impact Generation
Alexandra Cole of Purpose Generation
Whitney Webb of Launch Generation
Rachel Winslow of Westmont Downtown
Tanaaz Jasani of Swell Investing
Impact Investing and Innovation in the Fields of Rehabilitation, Disabilities, and Assistive Technologies
Sharon Basham of Cottage Health
Andreas Forsland of Cognixion
Thomas Kaufmann of Otojoy
Demystifying Direct Impact Investments
Brian Coryat of Entrada Ventures
Tom Olson of Nasif, Hicks, Harris and Co.
Francesco Barbera of Barbera Corporate Law, P.C.
Impact Investing in Real Estate
Gino Borges of Open Path Investments
Joe Halsell of Halsell Building
Diana Pereira of Impact Hub Santa Barbara
Our Values and Journey to Impact Investing
Peter Brill of Sustainable Change Alliance
Toby Bateson of Wells Fargo Advisors
Jonathan Gartner of Sustainable Change Alliance
Protecting Yourself, Our Community, and the World
Sigrid Wright of Community Environmental Council
James GP Dehlsen of Ecomerit Technologies
Catherine Von Burg of SimpliPhi Power
Constructing an Impact Investment Portfolio
Toby Bateson, Wells Fargo Advisors
Kiah Jordan, Impact First Financial
Adam Bendell, CEO of TONIIC
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Rolf Geyling, President, Santa Barbara Rescue Mission
Robert Terenzi of Vega Coffee
Ian Bentley of Parker Clay
Elizabeth Scharpf of SHE: Sustainable Health Enterprise
Healthcare Industry and Impact Investing Opportunities
Ron Werft, President & CEO, Cottage Health
Peter Burks, Ph.D., CEO, Active Life Scientific, Inc.
Evan Strenk, CEO & Founder, Milo Sensors
Impact Investing in Sustainable Aquaculture and Food
Steve Gaines, Dean, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UCSB
Teresa Goines, Founder & CEO, Old Skool Cafe
Norah Eddy, Co-Founder & CMO, Salty Girl Seafood
Impact Investing in Energy
David Auston, Institute for Energy Efficiency, UCSB
Francesca Cava, Vice President of Operations & Board member, ARES
Heather Hochrein, CEO & Shannon Walker, COO, EV Match
Impact Investor Group Meeting
Michael Smith, Interim Chair of Shared Mission
John Schindler, CEO of GoBeyond Foods
Jeanne David, Founder and CEO of Outer Aisle Gourmet
Impact Investor Group Meeting
Tina N. Castra, Managing Partner of Avivar Capital
Russ Teall, President & Founder of Biodico
Discussion of TONIIC
Richard Muller, COO and Managing Director, North America, TONIIC