2025 Art of Fashion co-chairs Sophia Alsadek & Anna Laurel

Photography by Hebble Productions

Alsadek, known unofficially as the “Mayor of Rancho Santa Fe,” is a longtime resident and community volunteer for many causes including the RSF Rotary Club and the Osuna Committee for the Rancho Santa Fe Association. She earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in systems engineering at the University of Southern California. After graduation, she worked in technical support and systems tests for Motorola and the Hughes Space and Communications Group. Alsadek and her husband Louay have two grown sons, and Georgia, a granddaughter whom she calls “the cutest pink peanut in the world.” Alsadek enjoys walking the Ranch’s beautiful trails with Andorra, her Great Pyrenees rescue dog. And, yes, she plays pickleball.

Laurel, an award-winning news anchor and reporter at KFMB-TV/News8, is known for her incisive storytelling and deep commitment to giving people a voice. As the daughter of a Southern Baptist preacher, she grew up with a broad world view, one that continues to shape her journalism today. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, she reported for television stations in Missoula, Montana; Phoenix, Arizona; and Raleigh, North Carolina before returning to California. Devoted to her young daughter Nyla, she is now balancing the joys of motherhood with the fast-paced world of journalism. Laurel has a passion for meeting people, sharing their stories and amplifying voices that she believes need to be heard.

Honorary Chair Sandra Maas

Maas currently serves as a trustee of the San Diego History Center and liaison for the Women's Museum of California. She is on the board of the Matthews Foundation and is a member of the Corporate Directors Forum. Maas has also served on boards for The Salvation Army, Rady Children's Hospital Auxiliary, Trojan League Associates of San Diego County, and the Torrey Pines High School Foundation, and has raised funds and awareness for numerous nonprofits.

A broadcast veteran, her anchoring and reporting for KFMB-TV and KUSI-TV, where she developed medical franchises, have earned numerous awards from media organizations and honors from the San Diego County Medical Society. She currently heads up a film team producing stories related to health care. She and her husband Jim were high school sweethearts and both graduated from the California State University, Chico. They have a grown son and daughter and are first time grandparents to baby Lily.