P. ALBERTO SANDOVAL JOINS ARTSOC BOARD

Arts Orange County is pleased to welcome to its Board of Directors P. Alberto Sandoval. Alberto is Senior Director of Community and Government Relations for the University of California, Irvine. In this role, Alberto is responsible for leading, planning and managing UCI’s community and government relations programs that foster increased awareness, understanding and support for UC Irvine’s mission, vision and accomplishments.

Before joining the Anteater team, Alberto worked for The Boeing Company representing the company before the U.S. Congress and state and local governments on key federal defense programs, as well as legislative, regulatory and land use issues affecting the company.

"I first met Alberto when he was with Boeing, a major donor to Arts Orange County, and he provided invaluable advice to us in our arts advocacy work and opened doors to help us to get our message across," commented ArtsOC President & CEO Richard Stein.

His turn in the private sector followed 20 years of service working in the United States House of Representatives. In that capacity he served Congressman Dana Rohrabacher as his Deputy District Director in Huntington Beach, California where his focus areas were the aerospace/defense industry, cyberspace and immigration policy. Prior to his service with Congressman Rohrabacher, Alberto served as a Senior Field Representative to former Congressman Robert K. Dornan.

In November 2009, Alberto traveled to his parent’s native Honduras in Central America to join the Washington Senior Observer Group to participate as international election observers. The group was invited by the Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal to observe and support the democratic process and ensure the free, fair and transparent voting process.

Alberto received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from California State University, Fullerton and a Master of Science Degree at the National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, DC.

Alberto is married to Rachel Sandoval and they have four children and reside in Rossmoor, California.

MORE ABOUT THE ARTS AWARDS...

The nearly 300 attendees representing more than 70 different arts organizations at the 21st Orange County Arts Awards experienced a spectrum of emotions as they honored their own on Tuesday evening in the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Beginning with a beautiful and inspiring ceremonial Native American performance by Jacque Tahuka Nunez, a member of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians-Acjachemen Nation, the event welcomed to the community new and returning arts leaders, paid respects to over 50 members of the arts community who had passed during the last two years as well as the more than 5,000 Orange County residents lost to COVID. Attendees were encouraged to "let it go" as vocalist and arts & disabilities advocate Marleena Barber delivered a powerful rendition of the famous song from "Frozen," and they were uplifted in a finale by Broadway performer Pamela Winslow Kashani that featured Stephen Sondheim's song "Back in Business" from the film "Dick Tracy." Major sponsors enjoyed a pre-ceremonies reception featuring classical guitarist Eric Brenton, generously underwritten by Phil and Mary Lyons, on the Argyros Terrace of the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall overlooking the Argyros Plaza below--and the new Orange County Museum of Art under construction next door, and dinner in Leatherby's Cafe Rouge. Following the ceremonies, an after-party took place outdoors on the patio sponsored by OC Music & Dance thanks to the generosity of Charlie & Ling Zhang and Zion Enterprises, featuring the multi-Grammy winning Ellas.