Marybeth Carty is the executive director of the Natalie Orfalea Foundation and she also worked for the Carpinteria Unified School District for nine years administering grant-funded educational programs. She serves on the Santa Barbara County Board of Education representing Trustee Area 1.

She is a board member and past president of Partners in Education and Vice Chair of the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse’s Fighting Back Mentor Program Task Force. She serves on the board of the Carpinteria Children’s Project, chairs the Carpinteria Woman’s Club and the steering committee for Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Compassionate Care of Carpinteria Initiative, and is on the advisory board for the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center and the 93013 Fund.

Her accolades include Pacific Coast Business Times’s Top 50 Women in Business, Fighting Back Mentor of the Year, Community Hero Recognition from former County Superintendent of Schools Bill Cirone, and Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s Woman of Inspiration.