Board of Trustees
Pacifica has the good fortune to be supported by a uniquely gifted and hard-working Board of Trustees. They have fiduciary responsibility for the Institute, approving and monitoring the budget. The Board oversees all policy and long-range planning. In addition, they provide ongoing advice in their various areas of expertise.
Pacifica wishes to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of these individuals. Their ongoing involvement with the Institute is significant in the growth and well-being of our school.
Ernest E. Zomalt, Ph.D., Chair
Dr. Zomalt has worked in educational administration for over 30 years. His career included 20 years at the University of California, Santa Barbara, culminating with the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs. He then moved to California State University at San Marcos. In 1993, he was appointed Executive Vice President, the position he held until his retirement in 2000. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees at Pacifica since 1991 and has served as Chair since 1997.
Russ Revlin, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Dr. Revlin was an early faculty member in Pacifica's Clinical Psychology Program and is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has served on Pacifica's Board since 1995.
Franklyn S. Michaelson, J.D., Secretary-Treasurer
Santa Barbara attorney Frank Michaelson is one of the initial members of Pacifica's Board, serving since early 1991. He was the first Board Chair, and he is also Pacifica's Director of Business Affairs and General Counsel.
Bets Wienecke, M.Div., Trustee
Reverend Wienecke is a Unitarian Universalist Minister who serves as a consultant to congregations after retiring from full time parish ministry in 2004. She has been with Pacifica's Board since its inception in early 1991.
Patrick McNally, Trustee
A strategy consultant and executive facilitator, Patrick McNally is a lecturer at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. He worked with Pacifica's management and trustees as an advisor on business practices in 1998, and has facilitated off-site Pacifica Board retreats in 1999 and 2003 before joining the Board in 2004.
Harvey Bottelsen, Trustee
Long active in Santa Barbara area banking, real estate, educational, and charitable endeavors, Harvey Bottelsen joined Pacifica's Board of Trustees in 2007. He is also a Trustee and the Executive Director of the James S. Bower Foundation, which supports Santa Barbara area projects helping the early years, the later years, the environment, and consciousness in the world view.
Thyonne Gordon, Ph.D., Trustee
Holding a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University and an Executive M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, Thyonne Gordon also brings an extensive experiential background in organizational structure and management to Pacifica's Board of Trustees. Dr. Gordon is Executive Director of Coach Art, an organization that assists children and adolescents who have chronic or life-threatening diseases. She joined the Pacifica Board of Trustees in 2007.
Norman Terry Pearce, M.A., Trustee
Terry Pearce, an alumnus of Pacifica's Mythological Studies program, brings a background in business and religious philosophy as well as extensive business leadership experience to Pacifica's Board. He is an Adjunct Professor (retired) at the University of California at Berkeley, and a visiting faculty member at The London Business School and the Sloan Fellowship Programme. He is the founder and President of Leadership Communication, a company that coaches corporate, political, and community leaders. He joined Pacifica's Board in 2009.
