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Tere Fluegeman

Tere Fluegeman is the Director of Public Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations in the Office of the Chancellor. Since 2005, she has served as the Director of Public Information and Marketing at the Advanced Technology & Education Park (ATEP) in Tustin, working with Saddleback College, Irvine Valley College and the District to successfully launch the new campus. She has won several awards for the district from the Public Relations Society of America and the National Council on Marketing and Public Relations. In December 2010, her peers voted her Outstanding Manager of the Year.

Prior to joining SOCCCD, Tere managed a marketing communications firm for 14 years, serving clients such as the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 2002 Winter Olympics, municipalities, businesses and national consulting firms and was a Project Manager for KPMG, European Director of Advanced Programs for University of Oklahoma and European Coordinator for Troy University.

Tere has a B.A. in Journalism/Mass Communications from University of Utah, a M.A. in Human Relations from University of Oklahoma, and a post-graduate certification in Integrated Marketing Communications from University of Utah.

Michael O’Meara

Michael O’Meara joined the Marketing Team in 2006. As the Graphic Designer for the District, he creates all of the promotional printed material for the District, as well as some marketing projects in support of our three campuses.  Prior to joining SOCCCD, Michael was a designer and writer with Hobbs Herder Advertising in Newport Beach for several years, where he specialized in creating personal brochures and collateral marketing pieces for real estate professionals from across the country. Before that, he worked as an Art Director for Image Resources in Irvine, J.W. Terry and Associates in Tustin and Martin Lawrence Limited Editions in Van Nuys.

Michael is an experienced artist who has been in advertising since B.C. (Before Computers). Photography has been a hobby of Michael’s for decades. His work is seen throughout the website and in most of SOCCCD’s publications, including his scenes of Orange County. Michael studied journalism, photography and graphic design at California State University, Northridge where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design.

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