Barbara Greenleaf Joins AUSB as Director of Institutional Advancement

Antioch University Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the appointment of Barbara Greenleaf as Director of Institutional Advancement. In this position, she will be responsible for community outreach, development, and alumni affairs.

Barbara comes to AUSB with a strong background in development and communications. As a consultant she helped numerous nonprofits reach their financial goals through a strategic combination of personal appeals, advertising, public relations, and event planning.

Barbara is enthusiastic about her new affiliation. “I’ve been consulting at AUSB for more than two years, during which time I’ve come to deeply admire its mission, programs, students, faculty, and staff,” she said. “I look forward to helping this wonderful institution realize its full potential as an educational force in Santa Barbara.”

She is the author of six books, numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and several award-winning speeches. Upon graduation from Vassar College, she worked at The New York Times and then went on to become a contributing editor at McCall’s magazines. Her other corporate experience includes Conoco, an energy conglomerate, and VideoStar Connections, a satellite communications firm. She did graduate work at the Hunter School of Urban Planning.

Barbara also has an impressive track record as an entrepreneur, having launched Greenleaf Video, Inc. and Strategic Communications in both Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. She founded the much-lauded Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival. As a community volunteer Barbara works with the Dons Net Café at Santa Barbara High School and serves on the board of the More Mesa Preservation Coalition.

“Barbara brings a great skill set to our campus,” said AUSB President Nancy Leffert, PhD. “Exuberant and effective, she will be an excellent advocate for AUSB’s mission. I am delighted with her transition from consultant to full member of our senior staff.”