The Orange County High School of the Arts
Foundation Advisory Board

The nationally-recognized Orange County High School of the Arts has taken its world-class arts and academic programs to a new level of excellence by bringing together some of Southern California’s top business, community, arts and education leaders to form the Orange County High School of the Arts Foundation Advisory Board, chaired by Orange County’s Philanthropist of Year, Paul Folino.

More than twenty prominent arts and education leaders have joined together in an effort to ensure the Orange County High School of the Arts’ thriving future and help execute the Foundation’s long-term strategy, which includes plans to provide financial assistance to students with demonstrated financial need; enrich arts and academic instruction through state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and media resources; enhance arts and academic instruction through enriched curriculum; promote excellence in arts and academic instruction through professional development; provide arts exploration, enrichment, and awareness to students throughout Southern California; and provide state-of-the-art instructional facilities for Orange County High School of the Arts students.

Comprised of two committees, Community Partners and Strategic Partners, the Advisory Board includes dignitaries from organizations throughout Southern California.

Community Partners serve as ambassadors of the school and provide expertise as needed to assist in developing and implementing the Foundation’s long-term strategic plan. Strategic Partners work in partnership with school faculty and staff to further develop the school’s instructional program through the creation of meaningful partnerships with leading arts organizations and premier colleges and universities throughout Southern California.

Bringing unique knowledge to the Orange County High School of the Arts, the Advisory Board not only enhances the school’s award-winning arts programs, but also fosters artistic understanding and appreciation throughout the Orange County community.

Advisory Board / Community Partners

Julia A. Argyros, Community Leader
Raj Bhathal, CEO, Raj Manufacturing
Robert J. Follman, President, R.A. Industries, Inc.
Martin Hubbard, Community Leader
Donald P. Kennedy, Chairman Emeritus, First American Financial Foundation
Jerry E. Mandel, Ph.D., Retired President, Orange County Performing Arts Center
S. Paul Musco, Chairman of the Board, Gemini Industries
Rick J. Muth, President, ORCO Block
Susan Samueli, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Samueli Foundation
Ted Smith, Founder and Retired Chairman, File Net Corporation
Lewis Webb, Community Leader

Advisory Board / Strategic Partners

Robert Bassett, Ph.D., Dean, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University
Dean Corey, Executive Director, Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Robert A. Cutietta, Ed.D., Dean, Thornton School of Music, USC
Terrence W. Dwyer, President, Orange County Performing Arts Center
David Emmes, Ph.D., Producing Artistic Director, SCR
Nohema Fernández, D.M.A., Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UCI
Robert C. Jones, President and Executive Director, Opera Pacific
Peter C. Keller, Ph.D., President, Bowers Museum
Kelly Ruggirello, President, Pacific Chorale
Carl St. Clair, Music Director, Orange County’s Pacific Symphony
Dennis Szacaks, Director, Orange County Museum of Art