Meet the Development Team

Delene Bliss
Associate Director of Development
Laguna Blanca welcomed Delene Goodell-Bliss in the fall of 2004 as the Associate Director of Development. Delene was raised in Santa Barbara and is a graduate of the University of the Pacific. She has worked in the non-profit profession for almost 20 years. After moving back to Santa Barbara from the Bay Area, she worked as the Director of Development for Family Service Agency. Delene has three beautiful children, two of whom attend Laguna Blanca.

Marcy Jacobs
Major Gifts Officer
Familiar LBS devotee and Lower School parent Marcy Jacobs joined the School’s advancement staff in the summer of 2009 and will focus primarily on constituent stewardship and gift cultivation. Marcy has a background in the development field, most recently working as a major gifts officer for Direct Relief International, and before that serving for five years as the Annual Giving Director and Associate Director at The Anderson School at UCLA. Other past professional posts have included serving as the Director of Communications for the Scleroderma Research Foundation, as well as working as the Communications and Public Relations Coordinator for Direct Relief. Marcy earned her B.A. in Sociology from UC, Santa Barbara and is proud Mom of Laguna Blanca fourth grader Charlie and kindergartener Ally. 

 
Steve Romanowsky
Development Database Manager
Steve joined Laguna Blanca in the summer of 2005 to manage the development office database and assist with other advancement efforts. Steve graduated magna cum laude in English Literature from Westmont College and went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts degree in Cinema/Television Production from the University of Southern California. Steve brings to Laguna’s development operations significant experience, most recently at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, not only with Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge software, but also with special events planning, website maintenance, volunteer coordination, and writing and editing letters and publications.  

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