


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. In 2016, 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. She is a Republican fundraiser and donor she supported the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. Following his death in 2015, she succeeded him as the chair and CEO of Vintage Capital Group, which has around $150 million in assets, and of Vintage Real Estate. On April 10, 1999, Sands married real estate mogul Fred Sands. Sands worked as a chiropractor in private practice from 1990 to 1999.
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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. She later attended Life Chiropractic College, now Life University, and earned a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. She 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. Sands attended Cumberland Valley High School, where she was active in student council, the ski club, and various other student-led organizations. She grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Herd, daughter of Jack (a chiropractor) and Barbara Herd, on October 13, 1960.
