The tribal chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, Mark Macarro earned recognition in Capitol Weekly’s list of the 2013 Top 100 Movers and Shakers in California politics. Mark Macarro holds a BA in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), which has earned many recent accolades, including:

1. Accolades Earned by the University
of California, Santa Barbara
Mark Macarro

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• The tribal chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, Mark
Macarro earned recognition in Capitol Weekly’s list of the 2013 Top 100
Movers and Shakers in California politics. Mark Macarro holds a BA in
political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB),
which has earned many recent accolades, including:
- Top 10 ranking in U.S. News and World Report's 2017 “Best
Colleges” guide, the most widely disseminated college guide in the United
States;
- Recognition for science leadership from Leiden University, which
placed UCSB in second place in the top 500 universities in the world in the
category of impact on the sciences; and
- Top Green School ranking among public universities from The
Princeton Review. Two of UCSB’s buildings, Bren Hall and Tipton Meeting
House, have earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Platinum certification, which is the highest sustainability rating
conferred by the U.S. Green Building Council.