Annual Reports

Pearl Chase Historic Preservation and Conservation Award 
1989 *Irene Suski Fendon  
1990 *Robert O. Easton  
1991 Mary Louise Days  
1992 *Jean Storke Menzies  
1993 *Ray Strong  
1994 *Joyce Parkinson  
1995 *James G. Mills, Pharm.D.  
1996 *David Gebhard  
1997 *Sue Higman  
1998 *George and Vivian Obern  
1999 *Elizabeth Erro Hvolboll  
2000 *Jeremy D. Hass  
2001 *Helen Schott Pedotti  
2002 David H. Anderson  
2003 City of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency 
2004 *Louise Boucher  
2006 *Maria Herold  
2008 Milford Wayne Donaldson  
2009 Glenn Price  
2010 *Kellam de Forest  
2011 *Francisco González  
2012 Kathi Brewster  
2013 Old Mission Santa Inés  
2014 *Timothy Aguilar  
2015 *Donald G. Sharpe  
2018 Hutton Parker Foundation  
2019 Judith Dodge Orias  
2022 *M. Kay Van Horn  
2023 *Elvira Tafoya  
2024 Pam Post & Tim Hazeltine 
2025 Bob Hoover 
2026 William B. Dewey 

George & Vivian Obern Preservation Stewardship Award 
2002 Santa Barbara Foundation  
2003 Palmer G. Jackson  
2003 Nancy Luton Jackson  
2004 Alan Eliot  
2006 Santa Ynez Valley High School Environmental and Spatial Technologies Class 
2006 Casa del Herrero Foundation  
2007 Goleta Valley Historical Society  
2007 Derek Westen  
2008 The Jimmy Chung Family  
2009 Channel Coast Corporation  
2010 Santa Barbara Contractors Association and Built Green Santa Barbara  
2011 City of Solvang 
2012 La Huerta Project  
2013 Historic Resources Element Task Force, City of Santa Barbara  
2014 Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation  
2015 Santa Barbara Maritime Museum  
2016 Katie and David Hay  
2017 Santa Barbara Conservancy  
2019 *Robert Harry Lovejoy 2022 City of Santa Barbara Department of Parks & Recreation for the Restoration of the Cabrillo Pavilion 
2023 Main-Begg Farmhouse  
2024 Manuel Unzueta  
2025 DJ Javier  
2026 Carrillo Recreation Center Gym Restoration, City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department, Jill Zachary, Director 

 
Sue Higman Volunteer of the Year Award  
 2010 Anthony Spann and the Staff of Harrison Design Associates  
2011 Kathy Chalfant  
2012 Terease Chin  
2013 Katherine Lowe  
2014 Jeannie Davis  
2015 *"Buffalo" Joe Schomer  
2016 David Bolton  
2017 *Suzi Calderon Bellman  
2018 Terease Chin  
2019 Kyle Slattery  
2020 Valerie Roses  
2022 Pam Iuliano  
2023 Dr. Paul Mori  
2024 Jeff Garfinkle 
2026 Sally Foxen McNeill 

Partnership Award 
2019 Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara  
2022 Mujeres Makers Market  
2024 UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center 
2026 The SPACE, MariaElena Lopez 
 
 
President's Award  
2022 Cody A. Makela  
2023 Salvador Güereña 
2025 Jay Krautmann 
2026 John Doordan 

 
Life Honorary Directors 
 *Amelia Acres  
Kathi Brewster  
Dr. W. E. Brownlee  
*Norman Caldwell  
Terease Chin  
Mary Louise Days  
*Julia Forbes  
*Roy Gaskin  
Michael R. Hardwick  
Barbara Harris  
*Jeremy Hass 
*Sue Higman  
*Roger Horton  
*Harold Kirker  
*Garvan F. Kuskey, D.D.S.  
Barbara S. Lindemann  
Sheila Lodge  
*Richard Lugo  
*William F. Luton, Sr.  
Craig A. Makela  
*Jean Storke Menzies  
*James G. Mills, Pharm.D. 
*Vivian Obern  
Dr. Richard E. Oglesby  
*Helen Schott Pedotti  
John S. Poucher  
*Russell A. Ruiz  

*Alice Rypins  
*James D. Scheinfeld  
*Charles A. Storke  
*Richard S. Whitehead 
Leslie Zomalt 
Debby Aceves 
 
Life Honorary Members 
 *Mike Acosta  
Hon. Inocencio F.  
Arias Kathy Chalfant  
*Father Virgil Cordano  
*George “Bud” Decker  
*Irene Suski Fendon  
Hon. Eduardo Garriguess  
Nicole Hernandez  
*Jim Higman  
Dr. Jarrell Jackman  
Don Kinney 
Harry and Ellen Knill  
William LaVoie  
Father Michael Mahoney  
Jim Elwell Martinez  
Luis Moreno  
*Norman Neuerburg  
*George Obern  
Ignacio Piña  
*Vince Pownall  
Dan Preece  
Richard A. Rojas 
Catherine Rudolph  
Russell Clay Ruiz  
*Virginia Scott  
Steven B. Treanor  
Edward A. Williams II 
Fred Sweeney 
Bill Mahan 
Ron Nye 
 
 
Certificates of Recognition (2025) 
Jace Turner 
Shannon Toribio 
Terease Chin 
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