Julie Moore
|
John Villa
|
Jim Andre
Jim Andre taught finance and accounting at USC, Cal Poly, and Loyola Marymount University. He spends considerable time in Southern California, but he has been a member of our Center his entire life – in fact, his father Peter R. Andre is the man who incorporated the Historical Society of San Luis Obispo County in 1953! Jim’s grandfather J.J. Andre was an early downtown business owner, and the Andre family story is recorded in publications on file in our Research Room. Jim will be working with us to improve the financial stability of the Dallidet property and the History Center as a whole.
|
John Ashbaugh
John has taught history and global studies at Allan Hancock College since 2001. John’s varied career also includes city planning, public education, and co-founding the SLO County Land Conservancy. He ran for public office and served two terms on the San Luis Obispo City Council and served on the city’s planning commission. John holds Masters degrees in landscape architecture, city planning, and education and a doctorate in educational leadership and organizations from UCSB. As the History Center President, John hopes to bring the organization to a new level of volunteer participation, collaboration with our allied organizations in historic preservation and partnerships with the local business community.
|
Sandy Baer
Sandy has served two previous terms on the History Center Board of Directors, including as Vice-President and Chair of the Dallidet committee. She also served on the City’s Cultural Heritage Committee for 10 years and the Promotional Coordinating Council for eight years. She authored feature articles for SLO Journal for 18 years, mostly about local luminaries, county history, the arts and culture. She recently joined the San Luis Obispo County Library Foundation Board. She enjoys cooking, baking, canning and reading.
|
Kathleen Cairns
Kathleen Cairns taught History/Women's Studies at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and at California State University Sacramento. Before that she was a journalist in Long Beach, CA. She holds a Ph.D. in history from UC Davis, and is the author of six books--all focused on women and California history.
|
Dr. LeolA Dublin Macmillan
Dr. Leola Dublin Macmillan is the new Resource Development Specialist for the United Way of San Luis Obispo County. She is a critical cultural scholar, essayist and social justice activist. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from Washington State University. Her scholarly production includes work on adolescent identity development in marginalized girls, and the representation of women and girls in American visual culture.
Dr. Macmillan has served on the board of Just Communities Central Coast, is on the steering committee of RACE Matters SLO County and is a member of the SLO Police Department’s Police and Community Together (PACT) community group. She has more than 30 years’ experience as both an educator and an activist. She has taught in a broad range of disciplines - both inside and outside of higher education - from environmental science to adult literacy. Dr. Macmillan has also worked as a consultant, providing diversity training, grant writing, strategic planning, facilitation, and editorial services for her clients. In 2019, Rep. Salud Carbajal recognized Dr. Macmillan as Congressional Woman of the Year. |