Brian Storr and Rosina Garcia Join SB Museum of Natural History

Brian Storr MBA is the newly appointed Chief Financial Officer for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, as of May 2024. Storr was previously with the ABC-CLIO Goleta company in three positions, the Vice President of Finance & Manufacturing, Director of Manufacturing, Logistics & Strategic Analysis, and Director of Business & Financial Services. His experience range includes finance, transportation, telecommunications, and publishing. Storr is a volunteer with the American Youth Soccer Organization Santa Barbara. He received his MBA from the University of Pittsburg Katz Graduate School of Business and his BA in Government from Dartmouth College.

Rosina Garcia is the Director of Education at the SBMNH and its Sea Center. She started in her new role January 2024. Happy to take on this new position, she posted on her LinkedIn page, “The Teen Programs department is a main reason I accepted the position I’m in now. I am so proud to work with outstanding teens – my favorite colleagues – and witness their growth into scientists. Come work with me and be part of our amazing teen programs.” 

Prior to the SBMNH Garcia worked on research with other educators on Young Stellar Objects for SASA and was a Science Teacher at San Diego Unified School District for five years. She simultaneously worked as the Program Coordinator at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps San Diego and as a Paleontology Volunteer at the San Diego Natural History Museum. At Birch she created their first bilingual summer camp.

Garcia holds a MA in Science Education from Duke University and a BS from UC San Diego.

“We are thrilled to welcome Brian and Rosina to our team,” said SBMNH President & CEO Luke Swetland. “Their expertise and passion will be instrumental in advancing our mission of connecting people to and inspiring curiosity for our natural world.”

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