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Tracy Daly

Tracy Daly is the Director of Public Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations in the Office of the Chancellor.  Since 2004 she has overseen strategic marketing at the District and shares that expertise with Saddleback College, Irvine Valley College and ATEP to enhance their marketing and student recruitment.  She also leads the District’s community and government relations efforts. 

Prior to joining SOCCCD, Tracy was a General Manager with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Assistant Executive Officer at Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink).  Before moving to Orange County, Tracy was Assistant General Manager at SunLine Transit Agency in the Palm Springs area where she was actively involved in the community.  She served as chair of the Planning Commission for the City of Rancho Mirage, President-Elect of the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Riverside County, a member of the White House Federal Fleet Conversion Task Force, and the U.S. Department of Energy Regional Clean Cities Coordinator.  Tracy’s early career was focused on higher education and non profit organizations, primarily in grant writing and resource development.  She has a Masters of Education from the University of Vermont in College Student Personnel Services in Higher Education and a Bachelor of Arts from Colorado State University in Technical Journalism.  

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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