Category Trustee

Crystal Wyatt

Crystal became enthralled with Lotusland after a tour in 2005 which led to her becoming a docent. She has gone on to co-chair the Lotusland Celebrates Gala four times and ultimately serving seven years on the Lotusland Board of Trustees…

Geoff Crane

A sixth-generation, Santa Barbara native and co-founder of Giffin & Crane General Contractors, LLC, Geoff has been involved with Lotusland since 1995 and served as Trustee from 2004 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. During that time he served…

Rick Vitelle

Rick, most recently, served as the Chief Financial Officer of Motion Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company that merged with DocGo Inc. (Nasdaq: DCGO) in November 2021. His previous positions include serving as Executive Vice President and former CFO…

Caroline Thompson

Caroline Thomson is a principal of Cabana Home, a home furnishing and design store. Her involvement and growing passion for Lotusland began with the Cabana Home transformation of the Patio Pavilion into a luxury “stay-cation” auction item for Lotusland Celebrates…

Stephen R. Schaible

Stephen is a Senior Advisor with Evercore Partners, a global independent investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions. In a 36 year career he has lived and worked in New York, London and Tokyo. Before joining Evercore in 2007 he…

Jeffrey Romano

A native Californian, Jeffrey is originally from San Jose and now makes his home in Nashville, Tennesee. He has enjoyed gardening since he was able to walk and shares his grandmother’s passion for growing and nurturing plants. Today, Jeffrey enjoys…

Connie Pearcy

Connie is a 6th-generation Texan from Dallas. She and her husband, John, bought a home in Santa Barbara in 1999 and divide their time between Dallas and Santa Barbara. Connie has served on many boards and committees for years in…

Joseph Marek

Joseph Marek is a licensed landscape architect based in Los Angeles who has been designing and building gardens for 25 years throughout California. Joseph began visiting Lotusland soon after his arrival in Southern California in 1994 and right after the…

Lesley Cunningham

Originally from Pasadena, and a sixth generation Californian, Lesley first fell in love with Santa Barbara while attending UCSB. After a long paralegal career in San Francisco and Los Angeles, she went on to practice law in Los Angeles and…

David M. Jones

David is President of David M. Jones and Associates, a firm he created in 1985 that specializes in estate and insurance planning for families. David and his wife Judy are part-time Santa Barbara residents, splitting their time between Montecito and…

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