21 Facts About Carla Sands

Carla J Sands is an American businesswoman who is chair and CEO of Vintage Capital Group.

Carla Sands was a candidate in the Republican primary in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania.

Carla Sands attended Cumberland Valley High School, where she was active in student council, the ski club, and various other student-led organizations.

Carla Sands studied art and science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and chemistry at Elizabethtown College, but it is unclear whether she earned a degree from either institution.

Carla Sands later attended Life Chiropractic College, now Life University, and earned a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.

Carla Sands had a brief career in acting in the 1980s, appearing in several episodes of the television series The Bold and the Beautiful in 1987 and in two movies, the 1988 sword and sorcery fantasy film Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell and the 1989 South African action film Wild Zone.

Carla Sands worked as a chiropractor in private practice from 1990 to 1999.

Carla Sands is a Republican fundraiser and donor; she supported the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

In 2016, Carla Sands donated nearly a quarter-million dollars and organized high-dollar fundraisers for Trump's campaign, and subsequently gave $100,000 to Trump's inaugural committee.

Carla Sands was previously an economic advisor to Trump; she was one of eight women that Trump added to his economic advisory council after he faced criticism for initially naming an all-male slate.

Carla Sands was a California delegate for the 33rd congressional district to the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Carla Sands was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 2,2017, on a voice vote.

Carla Sands formally assumed the office on December 15,2017.

Days before the conference, Carla Sands objected to Sloan speaking because he had criticized Trump.

In June 2020, Carla Sands participated in re-opening the United States consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The independent, non-partisan Office of Special Counsel ruled in February 2021 that Carla Sands violated the Hatch Act of 1939 multiple times while serving as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark by using her official Twitter account to tweet about political matters, including criticisms of Joe Biden and endorsing conspiracy theories about Kamala Harris.

In July 2021, Carla Sands announced she was entering the Republican primary for the Senate seat of Pat Toomey.

Carla Sands came fourth in the primary, behind Mehmet Oz, David McCormick, and Kathy Barnette.

Carla Sands served on the boards of Pepperdine University, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Carla Sands was named by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be on the board of the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.

Carla Sands served as the President and Chairman of Blue Ribbon, an organization that supports the Los Angeles Music Center and as a Director of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County.