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Tere Fluegeman

Tere Fluegeman is the Acting Director of Public Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations in the Office of the Chancellor. Since 2005 she has served as the Director of Public Information & Marketing at the Advanced Technology & Education Park (ATEP) in Tustin, where she worked closely with Saddleback College, Irvine Valley College and the District to successfully launch the campus in August 2007.  She continues to oversee marketing and public relations at ATEP.

Prior to joining SOCCCD, Tere founded and served as principal of her own marketing and communications business for 14 years, with clients such as City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, the 2002 Winter Olympics, several municipalities, Chambers of Commerce, and private and consulting companies nationwide. In her earlier work experience, she served as Sr. Consultant for the national consulting firm of KPMG, European Director of Advanced Programs for University of Oklahoma and European Coordinator for Troy State University.
  
Tere has a B.A. in Journalism/Public Relations 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.

Kori Lee Garner

Kori Lee Garner, MA Cantab., is the District Media & Marketing Specialist. Since 2006 as part of the Marketing and Public Affairs team she has helped to create many of the promotional printed materials, print and web advertisements, marketing pieces and media releases that tell the District story to our many audiences. Recognized for both her strategic as well as creative skills, Kori’s broad experience as a former creative director/writer includes brand development, brand advertising, promotional marketing, integrated marketing, direct response, e-marketing, website content development and project management, as well as extensive reputation management and media relations work.

Prior to joining our District, Kori founded and served as principal of Kori Lee & Associates, a cutting-edge “virtual” PR agency. Before that she was assistant director of public relations at a local e- advertising agency followed by several for-profit educational institutions. She has over 20 years experience creating and implementing award-winning marketing communications and public relations strategies and programs for a wide variety of corporate, non-profit and educational organizations. 

Kori is active in many professional organizations, has served on the boards of several local nonprofits and regularly lectures and teaches at local colleges and universities as an adjunct professor. She holds an MA from Cambridge University, England and received her BA from the University of California, Irvine.

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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