Our Board & Support

The Santa Barbara Birth Center was an answer to a true community need. It took hundreds of us showing up for brainstorming sessions, meetings and fundraisers. It was a 100% volunteer effort and still is! The generous souls who brought the birth center into being through actions and donations big and small are all held in such gratitude- you have been there every step of the way with us and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Because of you, hundreds of families have had an oasis of love and support to peacefully bring their babies into the world.

Thank you for your love made manifest! Together we can do amazing things.

Board Of Directors, Santa Barbara Birth Center

  • Laurel Phillips, LM

    Founder/President

  • Thomas Caleel

    Vice President

  • Janet Spargur

    Treasurer

  • Jason Isaacs, Esq.

    Secretary

  • Alice Levine CNM

  • Thérèse Adams

Medical Advisory Board

  • Mimi Doohan PhD, MD

    Medical Director, SB County Health Care Centers

  • Sue Carlisle PhD, MD

    Professor Emeritus, Anesthesia

    UCSF Medical School

  • Ina May Gaskin CPM

    Midwife, Author Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

  • Adela Barcia MFT

  • Michelle Howard

    Wilderness Youth Project

  • Anna Bunting CNM, NP

Advisory Board

Supporting Foundations

  • The Victoria Project

    the-victoria-project.com

  • The J.S Bower Foundation

    jsbowerfoundation.org

  • The Fund for Santa Barbara

    thefundforsantabarbara.org

  • The WWW Foundation

  • The Brittingham Family Foundation

    brittinghamfamilyfoundation.org

  • The SB Foundation

    sbfoundation.org

Become a Partner

If you would like to partner with us, fill out the form below and one of our staff members will get back to you.