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UC Santa Barbara Magazine
Executive Editor
Shelly Leachman ('99)
Associate Editor
Debra Herrick PhD '11
Art Director / Designer
Matt Perko
Contributing Writers
James Badham
Carmiya Baskin ’20
Cheryl Crabtree
Nora Drake
Andrea Weir Estrada
Sonia Fernandez ’03
Keith Hamm ’94
Tom Jacobs
Matt Kettmann ’99
Shelly Leachman ’99
Jim Logan
Hannah Rael
Harrison Tasoff
Jillian Tempesta
George Yatchisin
John Zant ’68
Copy Editor
Julie Price
Contributing Photographers
Jeff Liang ’15
Matt Perko
Euan Rannachan
Photo Assistants
Rob Moreno
Edward Perko
External Relations
John Longbrake
Vice Chancellor
Samantha Putnam
Executive Director, Alumni Affairs
Shelly Leachman
Editorial Director
Alex Parraga
Chief Marketing Officer
UC Santa Barbara Magazine is published biannually by the University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-1120.
Email: editor@magazine.ucsb.edu
Website: magazine.ucsb.edu