Antonieta Monaldi Arango Joins Getty Board of Trustees

The J. Paul Getty Trust has elected Antonieta Monaldi Arango to its Board of Trustees.

Ms. Arango is president of Aramont Charitable Foundation, a California-based family foundation.

Ms. Arango has long been committed to promoting access to education as a way to reduce inequality. She has served on the board and volunteered at different charter and private schools in the Los Angeles area, including Portal Schools, Brentwood School, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Value Schools, and The John Thomas Dye School. She holds a college counseling certification from UCLA Extension and has worked on developing and supporting college access and college success programs for underserved students.

“Antonieta brings to Getty a commitment to L.A. and education, and a strength in finance and investment,” said Dr. David Lee, chair of the Getty Board of Trustees.

Ms. Arango is currently a trustee at Portal Schools, an incubator for innovations in education. She is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Council at Harvard University and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. At UCLA, she serves on the Chancellor’s Second Century Council and on the Humanities Advisory Board. She also participates in the University of Michigan Parents’ Council, Human Rights Watch Los Angeles Committee, and is a supporter of the LA Philharmonic’s YOLA Program and LACMA’s art education programs.

“Antonieta’s passion and expertise will make her an effective advocate for youth in the communities we serve, among many other things,” said Katherine E. Fleming, Getty’s president and CEO.

Born in Venezuela, Ms. Arango graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. magna cum laude in Economics and from UCLA with an M.A. in Spanish Literature. She worked as an investment analyst at the Capital Group Companies in the emerging markets division covering Latin America and later taught Spanish and literature as a teaching assistant at UCLA.

“It is a great honor to join the Getty Board of Trustees at a time of renewed potential,” said Ms. Arango. “I am excited for the opportunities to expand its strong global position in the arts and culture to benefit education broadly, and most particularly in the communities around Los Angeles.”