Santa Barbara
About Our Chapter
NCL, Inc., Santa Barbara Chapter is a group of mothers and daughters who have come together in a commitment to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.
Members shall reside in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito, Summerland or Carpinteria. Like all NCL, Inc. Chapters, Santa Barbara aims to foster the mother-daughter relationship by serving its communities together.
Join Our Chapter
Interested in joining our chapter? A Prospective Member must be sponsored by a current member of our chapter. Membership opportunities are dependent on Chapter openings.
If you know someone in our Chapter, talk to her about getting started, membership obligations and our membership drive timeline. If you do not know someone in NCL, you are invited to complete this Membership Inquiry Form.
For any questions regarding Membership, requests for transfers or assistance with connecting as a Sustainer, email us.
Mothers and their daughters (grades 7-12) participate in a program that embraces:
Community Service
Each NCL, Inc. Chapter promotes social awareness by considering the local community’s needs and selecting appropriate non-profit organizations to serve. Each Chapter then supports its philanthropic service partners through different volunteer activities.
We work with the following philanthropies:
- CADA [Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse]
- Children’s Creative Project
- Cottage Hospital
- Direct Relief
- Dream Foundation
- Explore Ecology
- Food Bank
- Garden Court Senior Communities
- Hearts Therapeutic
- Mental Wellness Center
- MOXI, Wolf Museum of Exploration and Innovation
- SB Zoo
- Storyteller Children’s Center
- Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
- Unity Shoppe
Leadership Development
Nurturing confidence through opportunities to learn and grow, while also building problem-solving skills through a supportive environment of healthy relationships.
Examples of skills developed include:
- Confidence
- Consensus building
- Team building
- Conflict resolution
- Event planning
- Parliamentary procedure
- President: Emily Johnson
- President Elect: Rebecca Kracke
- Secretary: Kristine Sperling
- Treasurer: Gaile Haslem
- Parliamentarian: Debra Popovich
- Vice President Communications: Juneal Chenoweth
Sunita Beall - Vice President Membership: Melinda Werner
- Vice President Patroness Activities: Renee Crawford
- Vice President Philanthropy: Lydia Swanson
- Vice President Provisionals: MarLa Gamberdella
- Vice President Ticktockers: Tricia Pennestri
- Sustainer Liaison: Heidi Ziskind
Karen Kelly
Cultural Experiences
As future leaders, we continually strive to build stronger ties with our communities and the individuals within them. It is through this understanding that we grow and develop broader worldviews that will shape and support our lives.
Mothers and daughters of each class attend a cultural experience together with a focus on different areas of art, theatre, dance and music.
Each Chapter celebrates the richness of its history through traditions that honor the past. The Mother Daughter Tea is an NCL, Inc. tradition. Today, NCL chapters around the country continue to embrace their long-standing traditions, as well as, create new ones.