The UCSB Affiliates board works together to provide ways to connect campus and community. It’s made up of community members on and off campus with an interest in bringing people together and a passion for supporting UC Santa Barbara students.
Tom Jevens, ‘87
President
Tom is a 1987 UC Santa Barbara honors graduate in Political Science (Public Service Emphasis) and Business Economics. After graduating from UCSB, he participated in the California Executive Fellowship Program (CSU Sacramento) and interned with the California Department of Health and Welfare.
Tom graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 1992. He worked his entire career in Silicon Valley doing technology transactions work for fortune 100 companies including Hewlett Packard and Google LLC. He also taught technology transactions law at Santa Clara University for 16 years. Tom and his wife Heather (also a 1987 UCSB graduate) retired to Santa Barbara in 2018.
Cathi Arnold
secretary
Cathi worked as the Management Services Officer in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Science at UCSB for many years until her retirement in June 2022. While a staff member at UCSB, Cathi served on the Board of the UCSB Shoreliners (formerly the Faculty Women’s Club). Cathi was a close friend of Jo Little, another active member of the Shoreliners and an Assistant Dean in the College of Creative Studies who died suddenly in 2017. Jo’s husband Dan Little, a Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, established the Jo Little Memorial Scholarship at UCSB to support undergraduates in both Environmental Studies and CCS which Cathi supports. Cathi and Dan organized a Jo Little Memorial campus walk each spring with the Shoreliners and are happy to continue this tradition with the Affiliates. Cathi helped guide the Shoreliners through a merger with the UCSB Affiliates in 2020 and has continued as an active member of the Affiliates Board ever since.
Cathi earned a nursing degree in 1975 and has maintained her license. She received a Master’s degree in Organizational Management from Antioch University. She has two daughters and several grandchildren. Her daughter, Amy Arnold, earned a Bachelor’s degree at UCSB in 1989 and is a current staff member in Human Resources.
Jane McTaggart
Board Member
Jane is the Senior Digital Communications Strategist & Alumni Business Development Manager at UC Santa Barbara. Throughout her career, Jane has focused on defining and executing strategic marketing initiatives that build brands. She was a Senior Project Manager at a London Architecture firm before moving to the United States in the early 2000s. She worked in marketing and sales, PR, and business development for companies in Telluride, CO and Palm Springs, CA.
Jane holds a BA in Geography from University of Portsmouth and a Masters in Philosophy with a focus on City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning from University College London.
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Ruben Lopez
treasurer
Ruben Lopez is an attorney with the law office of Fauver, Large, Archbald & Spray, LLP in Santa Barbara, and he is a proud graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Ruben earned his B.A. in Political Science from UCSB and went on to earn an M.B.A. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University before completing his law degree at the Santa Barbara Colleges of Law. With over 25 years of experience in estate planning law, mediation, finance, and real estate, Ruben helps individuals and families protect and pass down their assets through thoughtful estate planning, and assists clients with probate and trust administration matters.
In addition to serving on the board of the UCSB Affiliates, Ruben also currently serves on the board of the Santa Barbara Barristers. He has vast experience as a board member of various local Santa Barbara schools and non-profit organizations including Santa Barbara Middle School, Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara, and the Santa Barbara Conflict Solutions Center. Outside of work, Ruben enjoys boating with his family, playing beach volleyball, traveling, and generally taking advantage of Santa Barbara's wonderful outdoor lifestyle.
Liz Holohan
Board Member
Liz is the Programs Director in the Office of Alumni Affairs at UC Santa Barbara. She began her career in Providence, Rhode Island working in program development and fundraising at a non-profit organization, RiverzEdge Arts, Inc. In 2017, she moved to Santa Barbara and began working at UCSB. Prior to joining Alumni Affairs, Liz held several positions in UCSB's Office Development supporting fundraising, stewardship, and community engagement initiatives, which included the UCSB Affiliates. In addition to serving on the Board of the UCSB Affiliates, Liz also serves as Vice President of Cosmopolitan Club of Santa Barbara and is a Past President of the UCSB Professional Women's Association.
Raised in Newton, Massachusetts, Liz holds a BA in Studio Art from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her friends, family, cats, and discussing TV/comedy with anyone who will listen.
Debbie Fleming
Board Member
Debbie graduated from UC Santa Barbara with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology in 1986 and earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UCLA. She began her 30-year career at UCSB in Student Affairs as the Director of Orientation Programs, then served as Associate Dean of Students and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs before retiring in 2017. During her time at UCSB she provided leadership to a variety of student support services and served on the executive leadership team for the Division of Student Affairs and its 25 departments. Debbie developed and coordinated campus-wide responses to a broad spectrum of issues affecting students, their parents, and other campus and community constituencies, with a particular focus on Isla Vista life and safety, student mental health, and alcohol and drug abuse prevention. She was honored with the Margaret Getman Service to Students Award in 2003 and the UCSB Alumni Association Graver Service Award in 2015. Since retiring she has been active as a lead volunteer for the Santa Barbara Food Bank, a long-term mentor to an at-risk teen through CADA’s Mentor Program, and a Group Captain for the Santa Barbara Women’s Fund. She is married to another Gaucho alumnus (1987), Paul, and they have an adult son. In her free time, she enjoys reading, travel, gardening, Zumba, hula dancing, and adventures with her rescue pup, Finney.
Todd Derr
Board Member
Todd is retired and a part time consultant to the financial services and banking industries, primarily supporting the equipment finance specialty. Starting in Los Angeles after college and moving to New England and the Bay area, Todd has managed multiple subsidiaries of large and regional banks across the county building marketing and credit organizations growing portfolio's totaling billions.
Todd graduated in 1976 with a BA in Business Economics. After working at the Isla Vista Bank of America while at UCSB, he moved to Orange County and continued into the commercial banking management training program and advanced into positions of management. Todd received an MBA from Cal State Fullerton, emphasizing accounting and finance, while commuting from Orange County to downtown Los Angeles. A focus on equipment financing as a specialty occurred in 1979 and resulted in later moves to Boston and San Francisco.
Forever intending to move back to enjoy Santa Barbara, Todd purchased a home in the area in 2013 and has been a full time resident with his wife Georgia (also a 1976 UCSB graduate) since 2019. Todd is an avid exerciser (walker, biker, runner) and volunteers at both the Santa Barbara County Foodbank and Santa Barbara Bowl. He is also on several boards as a financial advisor.
Trevor Flor
Board Member
Trevor Flor is President of Aimpoint Investments and an investment consultant specializing in 1031 exchanges and Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) investments. Born in Minnesota, he graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in Accounting. Trevor began his real estate career as a broker while at UCSB and later founded his own brokerage before joining a Santa Barbara-based investment firm, where he underwrote more than $1.5 billion in healthcare real estate and participated in over $300 million in acquisitions nationwide.
In 2007, Trevor was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy and served as a Naval Aviator flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet, with assignments in Florida, Texas, California, Japan, and Virginia. He concluded his service as an instructor pilot in Virginia Beach, training new and returning pilots in advanced aircraft systems and tactics. After returning to the private sector, Trevor earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina and a Master’s in Real Estate from Fordham University before founding Aimpoint Investments in 2019. He and his wife, Mika, returned to Santa Barbara in 2025, and together they enjoy sailing, fitness, travel, and the local restaurant scene.
Amber Mills Asher
Board Member
Barbara Tzur, M.A. ‘79
Past affiliates president
Barbara Tzur was the founder and President of Brylen Technologies, a calibration laboratory, established in 1985. In May 2023, she sold the company and opened Brylen Metrology Consulting in January 2024. Over her career, Barbara has been very involved in the local community. She participated in Leadership Santa Barbara County programs and was a mediator for the West Side Community Organization. She was a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality, a member of the National Conference of Standards Laboratory International, of which she was a charter member of the writing committee helping to establish the International Standard for accreditation for calibration laboratories. She was a charter member of the National Association of Women Business Owners-SB and was awarded the prestigious honor of NAWBO-SB Entrepreneur of the Year in the field of Technology in 2011.
Barbara has a B.A. in Experimental Psychology and Philosophy with a minor in Physiology from the University of Illinois. She earned an M.A. in Educational Administration from UC Santa Barbara in 1979.
Key Contact
Claire Carter
Manager
Alumni & University Support Groups
Phone: 805-893-2508
Email: clairecarter@ucsb.edu