Kevin McConnell and Percy Sales of Buellton, and Jen Jones of Solvang have joined the Solvang Theaterfest Board of Directors.
McConnell, a graduate of Santa Ynez High School, moved to Solvang in 1971 when his father was hired as the administrator of the Solvang Lutheran Home (now Atterdag Village). He attended Allan Hancock College, Santa Barbara City College, and received a BA in Theology from the International Theological Seminary in Van Nuys.
After operating a freight delivery service in Buellton and Los Angeles for several years, McConnell received an electronic technician certificate and currently operates SYV Computer Center as a repair technician.
He has served on the homeowners association board at Rancho De Maria, chaired the Buellton Planning Commission, and served on the board for Atterdag Village and Bethania Lutheran Church council.
Sales is a Santa Barbara-based wedding planner and event designer with over 25 years’ experience in the industry. He was a corporate event planner for 11 years in the publishing and technology sectors, before establishing his own company, Percy Sales Events.
Sales has also been with UCSB since 2004, where he has been the senior director, Development and Foundation Events since 2006.
Sales holds a BA in business administration and an MBA with a focus in marketing. He currently is a consultant for various area nonprofits for their fundraising events.
Jones, who lives in the Santa Ynez Valley, is self-employed as the rental property manager for the Jones Family, managing multiple single-family homes from renovation to renting. She has a BS in political science from CSU Northridge and was co-owner of Jones Ridge Ranch and Vineyard in Paso Robles.
She worked at Direct Relief in Santa Barbara for two years as events coordinator where she managed a $1 million charity event in 2018 in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Vintners Association. Prior to that she spent eight years in the aerospace industry in Los Angeles.
Solvang Theaterfest is the 501 (C ) (3) nonprofit corporation that owns and operates Solvang Festival Theater. It is managed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors.