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C l ass No t es

1997
Mary Olea Lesher (B.A.,
Liberal Studies) is a retired
public school teacher and
author of a new book,
“Return to the Soul of
Your Child” (available on
Amazon). Also a musician,
Mary has recorded and
produced eight original
music CDs (available on her
website, gracefulroadmusic.
com). She is a member
of the Monterey County
Composers’ Forum. She and
her husband of 47 years,
Richard, live in Salinas. She
enjoys spending time with
her grandchildren, playing
guitar and creating new
music.
Christine Nieto (B.A.,
Liberal Studies) has been
an assessment solutions
consultant for CTB/
McGraw-Hill since 1998. She
is a former member of the
U.S. Air Force.

1999
Sarah Lerma (B.A., Human
Communication) is a career/
transfer center coordinator
at Monterey Peninsula
College.

2000
Nicole Mendoza Loeser
(B.A., Teledramatic Arts &
Technology) is a curriculum
and catalog specialist at San
Jose State University.

2001
Tracy Burke (B.A., Human
Communication) is an
account executive for the
Monterey County Weekly,

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serving clients in the Ryan
Ranch business park of
Monterey. She volunteers
with several organizations
and has served on the
boards of the Professional
Women’s Network of
Monterey and the Salinas
Valley Business Women’s
Network. She also has been
director of the Kid’s Zone at
the Oldtown Holiday Parade
of Lights for five years.
Tracy and her fiancé recently
launched a business,
locationsscouting.com.
Vincent Suich (B.S.,
Management & International
Entrepreneurship) started
The Sox Box with his
wife, Athena, in 2009.
The company donates 20
percent of its profits to
the Independence Fund, a
nonprofit organization that
directly supports wounded,
ill and injured service
members.

2003
Carrie Drouin (B.A., Human
Communication) has joined
the Washington office of the
Navajo Nation, where she
serves as a government and
legislative affairs associate.
After earning a law degree
at Golden Gate University,
she was employed by DNAPeople’s Legal Services, a
nonprofit that provides free
legal help in civil matters
to low-income people in
three Southwestern states
and seven Native American
nations.
Christopher Eichermueller
(B.S., Telecommunications,
Multimedia and Applied
Computing) recently
moved to Germany to

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begin his new career as
a sales engineer for the
information technology
services company Autotask.
Previously, Christopher was
a brewer for Devil’s Canyon
Brewing Company in San
Carlos. He earned a Master
of Business Administration
degree from Ashford
University in 2012.

Iris Peppard (B.A.,
Integrated Studies) founded
Everyone’s Harvest 12 years
ago through her senior
capstone project. Since
then, she has started the
Marina Certified Farmers’
Market, CSUMB Farm Stand
and others. The Monterey
County Weekly recently
named her to its “25 for the
Next 25” list of upcoming
movers and shakers.
Summer Russell (B.A.,
Liberal Studies) earned
a master’s degree in
elementary and secondary
education from the
University of California,
Irvine, in 2005. Now an
elementary teacher in Seal
Beach, she loves teaching
and encouraging students
to go to college. She and
Nathan Russell (B.S.,
Business Administration
’03) were married in August
2005 and have two children:
Kai, 4, and Jake, 2.

2004
Julie Marie (Brown) Buck
(B.A., Social and Behavioral
Sciences) earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in nursing
from Rockhurst University
and a Master of Science
degree, also in nursing, from
the University of Missouri,
Kansas City. She now i ́