Twenty-five Northern Santa Barbara County industry, business, service, and education teams participated in the EconAlliance Cross-Industry Golf Tournament Monday, August 14, at the Santa Maria Country Club, an increase of five new teams over the prior year’s event. The weather was perfect.

Low Gross champions representing the Office of County Supervisor Bob Nelson were Aaron Hanke, Supervisor Nelson’s Chief of Staff; Ted Cordova; Jeremy Moreno; and Jeremy Sykes. The foursome also won its challenge to the team of Supervisor Steve Lavagnino for team car washes.

Tournament Co-Chairs Laurie Tamura and Phil Tabyanan (L to R) with Low Gross Foursome of the Office of Supervisor Bob Nelson: Aaron Hanke, Jeremy Moreno, Ted Cordova, and Jeremy Sykes! 

Tourney Co-Chairs Phil Tabyanan (left) and Laurie Tamura (right) with Mechanics Bank Low Net Tournament Winners, (1st row) James Thomas, Jaime Flores and (2nd row) Marc Rodriguez and Kenny Whittle! 

Playing for the Mechanics Bank team, which took home Low Net tournament honors, were James Thomas, Jaime Flores, Marc Rodriguez, and Dan Butz.

Top event sponsor again this year was Shred2You, with Solomon Hills, Chumash, PG&E, Pacific Premier Bank, Mechanics Bank and Plus Property Management also key sponsors.

Industry categories of the Cross-Industry tournament featured the following foursomes finishing at the top of their sectors:

Agriculture: B & D Farms
Finance: Pacific Premier Bank
Wine/Tourism: Santa Ynez Chumash
Healthcare: Lompoc Valley Medical Center
Manufacturing: Atlas Copco
Construction/Development/Real Estate: Urban Planning Concepts
Energy: PG&E DCPP Maintenance
Service/Other: Office of Supervisor Bob Nelson

We thank all of our sponsors, volunteers, committee members and community supporters for a great event!

Big thanks to Dustin Cheney, Golf Committee and Board Member, for invaluable assistance!