Dr. Carrie Towbes will be honored Wednesday as the Santa Barbara Foundation’s 82nd Person of the Year — a recognition that is not only well-deserved but almost inevitable for someone whose name is synonymous with generosity across the Central Coast.
The award also extends an extraordinary family legacy, with both her mother and father having received the same honor. For Towbes, service is not merely a pursuit but a deeply rooted part of her upbringing and core to her identity.
“I don’t remember a time when my parents were not giving back,” Towbes said. “It was just what they did, and felt like part of my DNA.”…