Bios of Our Legends





Jan Winter
Board Chair, 1994-1996
NAMI volunteer for 30+ years
Ann Eldridge Award recipient

Darcy Keep
Chair of the Mental Health Arts Festival Committee
Board Member, 1998-2022
Cottage Health Administrative Director, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine




George Kaufmann
Board Chair, 2005-2007
Board Member, 2001-2011
Santa Barbara NAMI President, 2014- 2022
NAMI Steering Committee, 2000 – 2014


Paul Erickson
Board of Directors, 2005-2010, 2016-2022
Medical Director, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at Cottage Health System
Professional consultant to MWC and NAMI

Robert Tauber
Clinical Supervisor, Program Director, Consultant
Patriarch of the Fellowship Club
Intern supervisor

Karel deVeer
Board member, 2007-2011, 2016-2021
Treasurer, 2008-2011, 2019-2020, and Co-treasurer 2021

Ann Lippincott
Board member, 2007-present
Board Chair, 2011-2013
Education Committee Leader
Teaches NAMI Family-to-Family courses and Mental Health First Aid/Youth First Aid


Andy Carnaghe
Board of Directors, 2014, 2016-2018, 2020-2022
Board Chair, 2016-2018
Board Co-treasurer, 2021-2022