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$5,048.00
Raised by 26 people

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Barbara Bunn McCullough PhD

April 22, 1951 - March 2, 2025

A heart that shined with kindness, generosity, and love has stopped.

Barbara received her doctorate in organizational psychology from the Wright Institute in 1995. She was the CEO of Brighter Beginnings for 30 years, expanding her beloved nonprofit from a social welfare organization to a Federally Qualified Health Care Center. Beginning in the late 1970s, with the founding of Karibu House in Sonoma County, …

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49ers
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wine and tea and coffee
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Born

April 22nd, 1951
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Graduated from high school

1969
Will Rogers High School, East 5th Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Graduated from college

1975
Sonoma State University, CA

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