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Tom Rogers
President & Executive Committee Chair
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Tom Rogers has 35 years of experience in public accounting and multinational corporate taxation. He retired from Apple in 2012 after 24 years, the last 15 of which he was the Head of the Tax Department and a member of the senior finance team. Tom grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa, . and is a California CPA (retired) and earned an MBA from California State University, Los Angeles. He and his wife, Charmaine, moved to Santa Barbara in 2012. They have two grandchildren who attended Marymount.
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Alexis Weaver
Vice-President & Strategic Planning Committee Co-Chair
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Alexis has been involved with the Marymount community since her oldest son started Kindergarten in 2011. Alexis attended American University in Washington, D.C. and Birkbeck University of London, School of Economics. After graduating cum laude with a BA in History and Law, she returned to the west coast, finding her home and heart with husband Michael Weaver. Alexis has held various marketing and management positions over the past 22 years. She has worked and consulted for local companies and non-profits including ABC-CLIO, Rising Media, Celerus Diagnostics and Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center. In 2000 she helped found local start-up Fastclick, working as VP of Operations and Director of Marketing Communications. In 2005 she took Fastclick to a public valuation and listing on the NSDQ (FSTC). She is currently a Board Member with The Fund for Santa Barbara, and manages her father’s foundation, the Ellen H. Atterbury & Malcolm Atterbury, Jr. Foundation, dedicated to ending discrimination and encouraging social and cultural respect and understanding.
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Nicholas Thacher
Treasurer
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Nicholas Thacher grew up on the campus of an independent boarding school in Southern California founded by his grandfather in 1881. An honors graduate of Yale University, he received an M.Phil. from Balliol College, Oxford University, and taught high school English for eight years at the Dunn School in California. For 39 years he served as headmaster of five independent schools in California, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, where he served as head of New Canaan Country School for 21 years. He is currently retired and continues to serve occasionally as a consultant to schools in the areas of strategic planning and governance. Nick is married to the Rev. Sarah M. Thacher, who served as pastor of three UCC churches in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The Thachers split their time between Norfolk, Connecticut, and Santa Barbara, California.
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Allyson Ross
Secretary
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Allyson Ross has over 20 years of global Human Resource Management experience, specializing in Strategic Planning, Organization Effectiveness, Executive Development, Diversity/Inclusion, and Change Leadership. Allyson graduated with a B.S. from the United States Military Academy, West Point and holds a Masters in Human Resource Management and Industrial/Organizational Psychology. After serving as an Officer in the U.S. Army, she moved on to the private sector as a Manufacturing leader and then an HR executive for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. She is currently a self-employed HR Consultant. Allyson is the proud mom of Amber ’21.
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Paloma Arnold
Strategic Planning Co-Chair
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Paloma Arnold is a native of Santa Barbara and proud Marymount alumna. Paloma earned her BA in History from UCLA. Paloma went on to earn an MA in Psychology and worked as an Associate Professor/ Counselor at SBCC for over 13 years. Currently, Paloma is the Director of the EOPS Program which provides educational support for over 1,000 low income, SBCC students at Santa Barbara City College. Paloma is actively involved in the SBCC community where she has served on several college-wide, faculty and Academic Senate committees. Paloma is married to Matthew Arnold and is the proud mom of 2 Marymount students, Julian ‘19, and Alexandra ’23.
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Theresa Borgatello-Carlson
Bio
Bio Coming Soon
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Wenjing Chen
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Wenjing holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wuhan University, one of the top 10 universities in China. Wenjing moved to the United States and completed a Master of Accountancy from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. With over 10 years of experience, Wenjing brings extensive business accounting and financial expertise to the Marymount board. In 2017, Wenjing launched founded NPO Financial Solutions, which offers broad, affordable financial services and consultation to local nonprofits, businesses and individuals. Wenjing is married to Tao Wu and mom to Elisha ’25 and Daniel ’27.
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Nikki Greene
Development Committee Chair
Nikki Greene is a mother of two children at Marymount, Kian class of 2019 and Nica class of 2021. They will both graduate as Marymount Lifers. Nikki is originally from Massachusetts. She graduated from Fitchburg State College with a BA in Science and Nursing with a specialty in pediatrics. As Nikki began raising her children in Santa Barbara, she also has been on the Board of Directors for Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation and is currently serving as Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of Fund Development. Nikki is also on the Board of Directors for HEARTS therapeutic riding services. Nikki has served in many roles in the Marymount community before joining the Board of Trustees. As the Chair of the Development Committee, her specialties are fund development, planning events and team building.
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John-Michael Lind
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John-Michael is the founding Principal of the SPL Group of Companies and is a trustee of The Lind Family Trust and the Lind Family Office. JM is also a Director and co-Founder of ACCESS Health International. John-Michael divides his time between California, New York, and Mumbai. JM received his Bachelor’s Degree from Claremont McKenna College and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (Editor of the International Law Review). JM is also fluent in Dutch, English and German and conversant in French. John-Michael and his wife, Helen, have 3 children, Marymount alum, Jaden ’18, and Jordan ’19 and Jasmine ’24 currently attending Marymount.
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Travis Logue
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Travis Logue is a real estate attorney and partner at Rogers, Sheffield and Campbell, LLC. Travis graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from Claremont McKenna College, where he was an NCAA Intercollegiate tennis player, and supports his alma mater as a member of the Res Publica Society. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of Pepperdine School of Law and currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Santa Barbara County Bar Association and as Trustee of the Santa Barbara Club Preservation Foundation. Travis and his wife, Lara, have 3 daughters: Kyla ’23, Lana ‘25 and Cora who joins the Marymount JK program this year.
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Michael Martz
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Raised in Leawood, KS, Michael graduated from the University of Kansas with a BS in Journalism where he was a member of the Men’s Division I Varsity Swimming and Diving Team. After seven years in marketing and sales, he went on the earn an MBA in Global Business from Pepperdine University in Malibu with studies abroad completed at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.
Michael is a founding partner of Hayes Commercial Group, a commercial real estate firms, specializing in the sales and leasing of commercial properties. Michael is passionate about health and fitness and was a past Board Member of the Santa Barbara Athletic Association (SBAA). He spearheaded the introduction of the Junior Grand Prix, which is an annual community running program that incentivizes local youth to run 5K races in their own age group.
Michael Martz has two sons who have attended Marymount. Colin was in the class of 2017; Mason is in the class of 2021.
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Pam Sanchez
MPC Co-President
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Bio Coming Soon
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Richard A. Schuette
Investment Committee Chair
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Rich has more than 16 years of experience assisting successful C-Level professionals, service providers, corporations and business owners address multi-faceted financial challenges. Community service and philanthropy are a very big part of Rich’s life. His charitable affiliations include Marymount, President of Ensemble Theatre Company and Board member of The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation and the Santa Barbara University Club. He is also the former Associate Director of Old Spanish Days and former Board Chair of Child Abuse Listening & Meditation (CALM). Rich also enjoys spending as much time as possible with his wife and three daughters, alumna, Ava ’18, Aliz, ‘20, and Ana ‘22.
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Alex Weathers
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Alex Weathers has been an active member of the Marymount community since his daughter Ella started JK in 2011. His younger daughter, Cameron, entered JK in 2012, with intentions for both girls to graduate as Marymount “Lifers.” Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Alex graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1996 with a degree in Psychology and minors in Philosophy and Sociology. He went on to the University of Memphis and received an MBA and Juris Doctorate in 2002. That same year, he married his wife, Lori, and moved to Santa Barbara. Alex served in many volunteer roles at Marymount from being a “room dad to charing the Annual Fund Campaign while also supporting the Mustang Golf Invitational and the annual auction. Alex is an entrepreneur at heart, having started his own restaurant/bar in Memphis and helped several peers start and manage their own ventures or obtain patents in Santa Barbara. He also served as the CFO for The Warner Group Architects in Montecito and now works in wealth management.
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Steve Welton
Buildings and Grounds Chair
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Mr. Welton has been involved in private and public land use planning since 1994, joining Suzanne Elledge Planning & Permitting Services in 2002. His background in project management has benefitted his entitlement work on projects such as the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Casino, Casa Dorinda and the Montecito Country Club. Prior to SEPPS, Steve worked at JM Consulting Group and led several regional deployments of national telecommunications infrastructure in California and Western Washington. Steve was born overseas, in Iran, where his parents joined other expatriates in the development and construction of civil projects. He earned a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He returned to Santa Barbara in 2002 and married his wife, Ann (a local veterinarian and UCSB alumna) in 2005. His daughter Claire is currently in the 5th grade.
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Tina Wood
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Tina was born and raised in Santa Barbara and attended Marymount K-3rd grades. She holds a B.A. from UCSB in political science and a M.S. in Nutrition Science from California State University at Northridge. She has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience spanning corporate aviation, pharmaceutical and nutrition industries, including running her own company Baby Bistro Brands where she created and marketed her products The Baby Bistro Box® and The Toddler Bistro Box®. She has written two books and numerous nationally published child nutrition articles. Tina and her husband Neil have two daughters, Brynn and Lakyn, currently attending Marymount.
