Experience & results

Leadership measured in real outcomes.

The practice draws on years of direct responsibility for strategy, public investment, organizational growth, evaluation, partnerships, and founder-led execution.

Every figure below is paired with public context and a source.

Executive leadership

Scaling a regional arts council.

101%

Arts Council of San Bernardino County annual revenue reached $1.25 million in FY2025, up 101% from the FY2022 pre-leadership baseline. Alejandro began as Executive Director in the first month of FY2023 and led the growth that followed.

IRS Form 990 data
Annual revenue$618,957 → $1,245,861
Arts Council of San Bernardino County annual revenue by fiscal year
Fiscal yearRevenue
FY2022$618,957
FY2023$745,541
FY2024$933,301
FY2025$1,245,861

FY2022 is the pre-leadership baseline. Alejandro began leading the Arts Council of San Bernardino County in the first month of FY2023.

Community artists working together on a large artwork
Community-rooted arts work in San Bernardino County

The work in practice

Strategy stays accountable to people and place.

The strongest plans connect public investment, organizational capacity, and lived experience. Alejandro's leadership is grounded in the communities, artists, families, and partners who ultimately carry the work forward.

See the Arts Council of San Bernardino County's community work

Selected evidence

Strategy connected to delivery.

The examples span regional investment, public-sector evaluation, and the work of taking a mission-driven idea into operating reality.

Regional investment

Overseeing a regional creative initiative

At the Arts Council of San Bernardino County, Alejandro oversaw San Bernardino County’s grantee portfolio within Creative Corps Inland SoCal and led evaluation across 56 funded organizations in the $4.75 million regional initiative.

$4.75Mstate-funded regional initiative
California Arts Council program record
Data & public systems

Evaluating public investment at scale

As a Research & Evaluation Analyst at First 5 San Bernardino, Alejandro oversaw evaluation across a program portfolio budgeted at $20 million, using findings to guide planning and investment decisions.

$20Mprogram portfolio under evaluation
First 5 San Bernardino FY2022 budget
Founder-led execution

Taking a nonprofit from idea to infrastructure

Alejandro co-founded and led Lifting Our Stories through 501(c)(3) status, raising major support for youth, outdoor-equity, and community programs.

$950K+raised in under two years
Founder profile

Selected outcomes from organizations Alejandro has led or supported. Each figure is linked to its public source.

A builder’s perspective

Experience across the full arc of the work.

Research, public systems, partnerships, nonprofit leadership, education, and entrepreneurship shape how Alejandro sees problems and what implementation really requires.

Read the founder story
  1. Current

    Arts Council of San Bernardino County

    Executive Director

    Leading the Arts Council of San Bernardino County across strategy, operations, partnerships, programs, advocacy, organizational growth, and San Bernardino County’s Creative Corps Inland SoCal portfolio.

  2. Prior

    El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center

    Strategic partnerships & countywide initiatives

    Directed partnerships and a countywide home-visiting initiative grounded in community health and trusted relationships.

  3. Prior

    First 5 San Bernardino

    Research & evaluation

    Oversaw evaluation across a program portfolio budgeted at $20 million and advanced evidence-informed planning for young children and families.

  4. Founder

    Lifting Our Stories

    Co-founder & executive leader

    Built nonprofit infrastructure and raised major support for youth development, outdoor equity, and community programming.

  5. Foundation

    Teach For America

    Educator

    Began his career in the classroom and developed a lasting commitment to young people, communities, and public service.

Continue exploringMeet the founder and the perspective shaping the work.Meet Alejandro

A focused next step

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