Jane Honikman, M.S. began her career in maternal mental health in 1977. She co-founded Postpartum Education for Parents (PEP). Jane's long history in the maternal mental health field continued as she received a grant to study the Growth and Dynamics of Postpartum Support Groups. She also continued her work as Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Birth Resource Center (1984) and founded Postpartum Support International after organizing a conference on Women's Mental Health Following Childbirth. She has authored many articles and educational materials on postpartum issues and how to start community support networks. In 2012, "I'm Listening", was adapted by the humanitarian organization CARE as a Facilitators Guide for use in Bangladesh.

Peter Melnick. Peter has a passion for musical theater, with a long history working in the music and movie industry, he has a unique perspective as a composer. His music has been heard around the world on Broadway, for movies and TV series. He was Drama-Desk nominated for his score for Adrift in Macao. Melnick is the product of an extraordinary entertainment family. His father, is film producer Daniel Melnick, his grandfather was legendary theater composer Richard Rodgers.

Suzanne Grimmesey, MFT is Chief Quality Care and Strategy Officer, and is responsible for leadership of Quality Care and Strategy Management within the Department of Behavioral Wellness for Santa Barbara County. Suzanne has a long history working in the mental health field and has a vast experience in creating, communicating, executing and sustaining strategic initiatives with the Department of Behavioral Wellness for Santa Barbara County. She worked tirelessly throughout the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow in the Emergency Operations Center as a Public Information Officer by providing community support coordinating community response efforts and worked directly with many in the community impacted by the fire and debris flow. Honored as 2018 Women of the Year.

Jane Gottlieb has a long history working in the arts industry and has an incredible sense of how vibrant, colorful images draw the viewer into her idyllic vision, ultimately uplifting them with vibrant color and evocative beauty. She has shown her work worldwide at many museums including, the Petersen Automotive Museum, L'Image Gallery in Rome, MAD Gallery in Milan and Colorinda Gallery in Lisbon. Her work has been represented in Elle Magazine, Cedar's and UCLA Hospitals, Capital Records in LA, NYC and Paris. This is a partial list of her work. You can check out her work at janegottlieb.com

Anthony Rodriguez has been working in the Santa Barbara community and is a fierce advocate for suicide prevention. He is co-founder of Santa Barbara Response Network and co-chair of the local Out of the Darkness Walks. Rodriguez empowers our community when disaster strikes by conducting Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainings. Shedding light on how to prevent suicide through sharing his own story.

Emmanuel Itier has a long history working in the film industry and has an amazing sense of how important our well being and mental health are. He has created documentaries narrated by Sharon Stone and starring Desmond Tutu, HH the Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra as well as many worldwide peace activists. Itier received the 2018 Global Citizen Award from the United Nations Association.