John Ashbaugh
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Sandy Baer
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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.
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Julie Moore
Julie Moore grew up in Northern California. She graduated from San Diego State University with a BA in Political Science and History. While attending college she spent one year as a foreign exchange student in Uppsala, Sweden. She received her teaching credential at Cal Poly. Julie taught grades Kindergarten through tenth in the local schools for 11 years and was president of the Teachers’ Association. She also spent six years abroad teaching school in Rabat, Morocco and Lhokseumawe, Indonesia.
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Benjamin Peterson
Benjamin is a 4th generation native of SLO County and a graduate of SLO High and Westmont College, where he served as President of the Student Government for two of his four years. He is currently a Field Representative for Assemblywoman Monique Limón of Santa Barbara, and has performed the same role for Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham of San Luis Obispo.
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Roberta Soules
Roberta grew up in Long Beach and moved to San Luis Obispo to study social sciences at Cal Poly, later returning to study taxation and accounting. She then pursued an education in financial planning at UCSB. Roberta provided tax and financial planning advice for forty years and is now semi-retired. Roberta first served on the History Center Board as treasurer from 2005–2011 and 2015-2019. She also serves on the Exhibits and Finance Committees. Roberta enjoys piano playing and gardening.
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Lynette Tornatzky
Lynette Tornatzky is a resident of Los Osos and is the author of Los Osos/Baywood Park for Arcadia Publishing. She is the secretary to: the Los Osos Community Advisory Council, the Los Osos/Baywood Park Chamber of Commerce, the South Bay Women’s Network, and Celebrate Los Osos. She also pulls weeds at the Sweet Springs Nature Preserve.
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John Villa
John Villa has family roots that go way back: His family name, originally Villavicencia, includes a substantial contribution of Salinan ancestry, enough to qualify John as a member of the local Salinan Tribal Council. John is the owner of Villa Automotive, and is also well known for his support of local youth sports. His response to our invitation to join the Board was simple: “Put me in, Coach!” John’s Aunt Arlene Zanchuk imbued all of his family with a great love of local history and an appreciation of the need to support our organization financially: Arlene left a substantial bequest to the History Center for the Dallidet Adobe. The Villa family will be the major sponsor for our upcoming Arlene Zanchuk USO Memorial Swing Dance at Ludwick Center, now deferred to a date in the future, due to the coronavirus outbreak that prevented all large gatherings from taking place in the Spring of 2020.
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