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Marsha Bailey, Founder & CEO |
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 Marsha Bailey is the Founder and CEO of Women’s Economic Ventures and the Small Business Loan Fund of Santa Barbara. WEV has provided entrepreneurial training to nearly 4,000 women and more than $2 million in loans to local small businesses. Marsha has been developing educational programs and services for women since 1983 and is the primary author of WEV’s self-employment training curriculum, From Vision to Venture. She has a Master’s Degree in Communication from UCSB and a B.A. from Michigan State University in Fine Art and Sociology. She is a certified Economic Development Finance Professional.
Under Marsha’s leadership, WEV has grown from a small organization with two employees and an annual budget of $75,000 to a nationally known women’s business center with 10 employees and an annual budget of over $1.2 million. She has served on the Board of Directors of many local organizations including the Fund for Santa Barbara, the Women’s Political Committee, the Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education Advisory Board, the South Coast Community Indicators Project, and the Santa Barbara County Economic Development Advisory Committee. She is the past president of the California Association for MicroEnterprise Opportunity and currently a member of the Board of Directors of the California Central Coast Girl Scouts.
Marsha has been honored as a woman of distinction by Soroptimists International, and the Tres Condados Girl Scouts and as Santa Barbara County’s second district woman of the year. In 2005 she was named Small Business Advocate of the year by the Pacific Coast Business Times and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
In conjunction with her work with WEV, Marsha has mentored and trained emerging women leaders from California, Nepal and Jordan, has provided entrepreneurial training for women in Hungary, spoken at the Sorbonne in Paris and been a consultant to a women’s business organization in Amman, Jordan. A prolific writer, Marsha frequently publishes essays in local and national media on the changing roles of women.
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, (805) 965-6073 ext 104
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Amy Fletcher, Grants & Evaluation Manager |
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 Amy joined WEV in 2007 as Database Coordinator. Since then, her position has grown to include grant writing and reporting, as well as the management of WEV’s data collection and evaluation projects. She holds a Bachelors degree in Interpersonal/Organizational Communications and has over 15 years of professional experience. Prior to joining WEV she worked for five years in Human Resources with an emphasis on benefits and HRIS management. She resides in Ventura, California.
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, (805) 667-8004 ext 203
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Dr. Patrice Rosenthal, Research Consultant and Volunteer |
 Dr. Patrice Rosenthal provides evaluation and research services to WEV on a consultant and volunteer basis. Patrice has a PhD in organization behavior from the London School of Economics and has held research and teaching positions at the LSE. Until relocating to California recently, Patrice was an associate professor in the Management Department of King’s College, London. She now is a Visiting Research Fellow of that institution. Patrice has researched and published on a wide range of issues, including evaluation of new programs in organizations, human service delivery in the non-profit and for-profit sectors, and gender issues relating to women’s career and business success.
Dr. Rosenthal currently is engaged in a long-term evaluation study of Thrive in Five™, WEV’s program of individualized, long-term support for entrepreneurs wanting to stabilize or grow their businesses. This research is evaluating the program’s impact over time on clients’ financial and business knowledge, confidence, and outcomes. The main objective of the research is to help WEV develop Thrive in Five™ in the most effective way possible – and to build a model of entrepreneurial support and development that could be replicated more widely to facilitate the success of women business owners.
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Devon Johnson, Loan Fund Manager - Small Business Loan Fund |
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 Devon Johnson joined WEV in September 2009 and has over fourteen years of experience in the financial industry, specializing in small business lending, marketing, and operations management. She holds a bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology from University of California, Santa Barbara and is a recent graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School, University of Washington, Seattle. As WEV’s Loan Fund Manager, she is responsible for growing the Small Business Loan Fund and developing community partnerships.
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, (805) 965-6073 ext 108
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Mayra Pompa, Loan Fund Program Specialist |
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Mayra joined WEV in January 2013 as part of WEV’s Small Business Loan Fund (SBLF) in Ventura County. Mayra’s experience comes from working in different non-profit organizations throughout Ventura County; working primarily with the county’s Spanish speaking community. Mayra holds a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology with a Latino Mental Health concentration from Antioch University, Santa Barbara and is a native of Ventura County. Prior to coming to WEV, Mayra worked in a community mental health setting providing therapeutic interventions using culturally sensitive and strength-based modalities to youth and families of the community. Mayra is Bilingual (Spanish/English), bicultural and looks forward to helping empower the Spanish speaking entrepreneurial community in Ventura County through the many programs and resources WEV has to offer.
Mayra se unió a WEV en enero del 2013 como parte del Programa en español de WEV en el condado de Ventura. La experiencia de Mayra viene de trabajar en diferentes organizaciones no lucrativas dentro del condado de Ventura, donde trabajó principalmente con la comunidad de habla hispana del condado. Mayra obtuvo una Maestría en Artes en Psicología Clínica con una concentración de Salud Mental Latino de Antioch University, Santa Bárbara y es nativa del condado de Ventura. Antes de llegar a WEV, Mayra trabajo en un puesto comunitario de salud mental y donde proveía intervenciones terapéuticas utilizando modalidades culturalmente sensibles y basadas en fortalezas a los jóvenes y familias de la comunidad. Mayra es bilingüe, bicultural y espera ayudar a empoderar a la comunidad empresarial de habla hispana en el condado de Ventura a través de los diferente programas y recursos que WEV tiene para ofrecer.
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, (805) 667-8004 ext 204
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Lisa Champagne-Minyard, Thrive in 5 Program Manager |
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Lisa began her affiliation with WEV in 2009 as an instructor for the Self- Employment Training (SET) course, and in September of 2011, her role expanded when she became Program Manager of Thrive in Five. Lisa’s 15 years of training, coaching and consulting experience include helping organizations in the areas of hiring and developing staff, sales, customer service, teambuilding, management and leadership development. Her clients have included new entrepreneurs and small-to-medium-sized businesses in a range of industries. Among other activities, Lisa has facilitated CEO Roundtables and Management Roundtable groups that are geared towards personal and organizational development and accountability. Her unique skill set and unmatched enthusiasm make her extremely valuable to all of her clients from entry-level employees to CEO-level management. As an entrepreneur herself, Lisa operates a consulting practice; previously owned a small business in the garment industry; and managed Japanese market sales for over a dozen American manufacturers of casual wear.
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, (805) 667-8004 ext 201
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Leah Gonzales, Program Manager |
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 Leah joined WEV as Program Assistant in June 2006. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a major in Global Studies and a minor in Spanish. During college, she studied abroad at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile and completed an internship at Un Techo Para Chile, a non-governmental organization providing education and construction of housing in low-income sectors of the city. Leah's studies and travels fostered her passion for creating an equitable society in alignment with WEV's mission. As WEV's Program Manager, Leah is responsible for ensuring the delivery of quality programs and services to WEV's clients, and managing the outreach and administration of these programs.
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, (805) 965-6073 ext 106
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Llewellyn T. Somers, Program Coordinator |
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 Llewellyn first discovered WEV through the Self-Employment Training (SET) course. She graduated from SET in 2009 and is now the Program Coordinator in WEV's Ventura office. Llewellyn holds a degree in English and minor in Spanish from UCLA. Before coming to WEV, she worked in publishing, acquired a Masters in Education from Fordham University and taught middle school in New York City. She brings to WEV a life-long commitment to equality and a new-found enthusiasm for entrepreneurship.
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, (805) 667-8004 ext 202
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Deborah Rivas joined WEV in November 2009. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Deborah has many years of experience and knowledge and a diverse working history. She has worked as the sole full-charge bookkeeper for a variety of local businesses, as part of the accounting team for an online marketing company, and as a staff accountant for a local CPA firm.
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, (805) 965-6073 ext 103
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Danelle Mangone, Development Coordinator |
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 Danelle Mangone joined WEV in February of 2011. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Global & International Studies and Art History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Before coming to WEV she worked in non-profit fundraising at two esteemed national organizations. Her love for entrepreneurship has been growing since an early age as she helped and watched her parents run their own business. Danelle looks forward to helping WEV find the resources necessary to provide the Santa Barbara, Ventura and Kern Counties with WEV’s wide range of programs.
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, (805) 965-6073 ext 105
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Karly Dowling, Program Coordinator |
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 Karly Dowling graduated from Westmont College in May 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in English. During college, she studied in San Francisco, where she was exposed to the non-profit world as an intern for a tutoring, writing, and publishing center for kids. As she continues to tutor college students in Santa Barbara, she aims to use language as a tool of expression and transformation: before joining WEV, Karly was the Research Assistant with a book project concerning women’s studies, and remains affixed on expanding her knowledge and involvement in women empowerment both locally and globally. By joining WEV’s efforts, Karly combines her interests in non-profit services with her value of women’s studies, while helping to equip visionaries shape and attain new goals. Karly coordinates programs in Santa Barbara County, with an emphasis on the training courses.
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, (805) 965-6073 ext 102
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Leticia Sandoval, Program Coordinator |
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, (805) 667-8004 ext 200
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Monet Elrod, Program Assistant |
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Monet joined WEV as Program Assistant in January 2013. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Global Studies in addition to a Technology Management Program Certificate. Before coming to WEV, Monet worked as a student coordinator for a local non-profit, GIVE! To Isla Vista. In 2012, Monet spent five weeks conducting independent research, studying the socio-economic gap between Aborigines and Non-Natives in Australia. Monet’s past experience in non-profit work, passion for equality, and studies in business made her a natural fit for WEV. Monet is excited to be a part of such an empowering organization and hopes to start her own non-profit one day.
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, (805) 965-6073 ext 100
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Photography courtesy of:
Pure Light Photography, www.purelightfoto.com
Madeleine's Photography, www.madphoto.com
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