Join us for the 24th Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon
On Friday, May 9, 2025 VNA Health will host its 24th Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.
In the spirit of our remarkable founder, Marian Watts, and the women who came together to establish VNA Health 117 years ago, we honor and remember incredible women who have championed the health and well-being of our community.
This year we are privileged and excited to announce that our Honored Mother is Renee Grubb, and our Remembered Mother is Rosa Pace. Both of these dynamic women have helped to make profound and meaningful steps forward in the welfare of our families, neighbors and friends.
100% of the Luncheon’s net proceeds support VNA Health’s charitable Community Care programs and services, bringing hope, health, and comfort to families throughout our community regardless of adequate insurance or resources. As the only medically certified nonprofit agency in Santa Barbara County accredited by the Joint Commission in Home Health Care, Palliative Care, and Hospice Care, we place people over profit.
We hope you will join us!
Celebrating Mothers & Caregivers
RENEE GRUBB
Honored Mother
PROFESSIONAL DYNAMO.
PHILANTHROPIC PIONEER.
COMMUNITY HERO.
Renee Grubb has owned Village Properties since 1996. She and her team built an independent agency committed to excellence, integrity, and community. She fosters a culture of collaboration, mentorship, and giving back, ensuring that Village Properties remains a cornerstone of the Santa Barbara community. As a woman run business, Village Properties has broken the glass ceiling and proudly grown to four offices featuring 180 Realtors, achieving $23.5 billion of cumulative sales volume since inception.
Renee’s passion extends beyond real estate. Recognizing a need for local educational support, she founded the award-winning ‘Teacher’s Fund,’ to help local public and private elementary, junior high, and high school teachers buy the supplies and books they so desperately need that their school systems do not have the budget for. Renee is a pioneer for philanthropic giving in Santa Barbara. To date, over $2 million of grants have been distributed. Renee’s steadfast commitment to giving inspires her team’s involvement in over 30 different charities annually.
ROSA PACE
Remembered Mother
FAMILY INSPIRATION.
JOYOUS MENTOR
COMMUNITY HEALER.
The life of dignity, compassion, and grace that Rosa Margaret Pace lived is an inspirational example of the impact one person can have on a family and community. From a very early age, Rosa had an appreciation and love for others, and she developed this trait fully, empowering her family to love freely and unconditionally and to take care of others and themselves.
She was awarded a Daughters of the American Revolution scholarship to the Sage Memorial School of Nursing, and she later received specialized training in obstetrics at Los Angeles Presbyterian Hospital. For many years she was a nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Lompoc Community Hospital and served as head nurse at Santa Ynez Hospital. One of Rosa’s most important achievements was the founding of the Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic, the first health clinic on the Chumash Reservation, which sees approximately 25,000 patients and just celebrated its 50th Anniversary. She also started the first Urban Indian Health Clinic in Santa Barbara.
2025 Sponsorship Levels & Benefits
For more information about supporting the community care programs of
VNA Health or to participate as a sponsor for the Mother’s Day Luncheon, please contact Lailan McGrath
at lailan.mcgrath@vna.health or at (805) 690-6218.
DEADLINE FOR PRINTED RECOGNITION: MARCH 14, 2025
2025 Mother’s Day Luncheon Host Committee
Stacie Anthes
Marcy Bazzani
Vince Caballero
Natalie Grubb Campbell
Jessica Carballo
Kimberly Ferrarin
Jodi Fishman-Osti
Christie Glanville
Jane Habermann
Pamela Dillman Haskell
Victoria Hines
Heidi Hullander
Sheela Hunt
Dianne Johnson
Maggie Mabuchi
Lailan McGrath
Easter Moorman
Judy Murphy
Angelina Speier
Jennie Strait
Marie Ann Strait
Susan Tarlow
Katina Zaninovich
History Of Honorees
With love and appreciation for the following women as we continue to remember them each year.
2024 Honored Mother
Leslie Person Ryan
2024 Honored Mother
Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
2023 Honored Mother
Rona Barrett
2023 Honored Mother
Dame Olivia Newton-John
2022 Honored Mother
Keiko Dunham
2022 Remembered Mother
Marcella Rinehart Parker
2021
Celebrating all Mothers and Caregivers for the
20th Anniversary of the Mother’s Day Luncheon.
2020 Honored Mother
Sue Birch
2020 Remembered Mother
Adelle Chris Dyer
2019 Honored Mother
Sharol Siemens
2019 Remembered Mother
Rebecca Riskin
2019 Remembered Mother
Marilyn Ramos Benitez
2019 Remembered Mother
Josie Gower
2019 Remembered Mother
Faviola Benitez Calderon
2019 Remembered Mother
Alice Mitchell
2018 Honored Mother
Jelinda DeVorzon
2018 Remembered Mother
Sally Fordyce
2017 Honored Mother
Jane Habermann
2017 Remembered Mother
Leni Fe Bland
2016 Honored Mother
Kate Firestone
2016 Remembered Mother
Debby Davison
2015 Honored Mother
Sally Hall
2015 Remembered Mother
Mercedes Eichholz
2014 Honored Mother
Jill Levinson
2014 Remembered Mother
Barbara Ward Rollerson
2013 Honored Mother
Barbara Ireland
2013 Remembered Mother
Laverne Browning
2012 Honored Mother
Susan Bridges
2012 Remembered Mother
Annie Schipper
2011 Honored Mother
Maryan Schall
2011 Remembered Mother
Connie Toomey
2010 Honored Mother
Regina Venegas
2010 Remembered Mother
No Remembered Mother
2009 Honored Mother
Jorgia Bordofsky
2009 Remembered Mother
Anne MacDougall
2008 Honored Mother
Peggy Borgatello
2008 Remembered Mother
Molly O’Daniel Danielson
2007 Honored Mother
Irma Jurkowitz
2007 Remembered Mother
Georgiana Porter
2006 Honored Mother
Anne Smith Towbes
2006 Remembered Couple
Edna & Harold Zimmer
2005 Honored Mother
Anne Douglas
2005 Remembered Mother
Yetta Rubinstein
2004 Honored Mother
Jane Thomas
2004 Remembered Mother
Patty Whalen
2003 Honored Mother
Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
2003 Remembered Mother
Jane Crandell
2002 Honored Mother
Dorothy Bacheller
2002 Remembered Mother
Virginia Lee Burton
