The Orange County Museum of Art has appointed Cassandra Coblentz as the museum's director of public engagement.In this role, Coblentz will oversee the museum's public programming and develop an innovative program of talks, performances, and cutting-edge, community engagement projects that bring together artists and the public in new ways. She will also continue to strengthen the museum's long-standing commitment to serving the youth of Orange County through school tours and special outreach initiative. Coblentz began her career in the museum education department at the J. Paul Getty Museum where she remained for four years. She was the head of academic initiatives, and managed public programs, at UCLA's Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. She has also curated numerous exhibitions at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Master of Arts from Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.