A Successful Lunch

Records were broken at the 16th annual Domestic Violence Solutions lunch when 264 guests descended on the Hilton helping raise $135,000 for the charity.

The frenetic fête was chaired and emceed by Dr. Mark Juretic, who moved to our Eden by the Beach in 2017 to practice internal medicine at Sansum Clinic, and included a welcome from Executive Director Ken Oplinger and Board President Morgan Steffen.

Former senator Hannah-Beth Jackson presented her eponymous impact award – created in 2022 to honor a person or group that demonstrates outstanding dedication to empowering survivors – to Marsha Marcoe, a distinguished marriage and family therapist, who has been instrumental in supporting organizations such as CALM, UCSB, the Braille Institute, and Domestic Violence Solutions.

Graham Crow flew in from Seattle to conduct the live auction and paddle raise for DVS, which had a revenue of $2.44 million last year and an expenditure of $2.49 million, while running two emergency shelters for victims, providing safety, shelter and support for individuals and families affected by domestic violence.

Supporters packing the Reagan Room included Gretchen Lieff, David Selberg, Gregg Hart, Das Williams, Julia McHugh, Oscar Gutierrez, Ryan and Carly Hughes, Javier and Kristin Quezada, and Cristina Caratachea.