Mrs. Libby Downey, Chair (Area 3 - Del Rey Oaks/Monterey) Term: 2024

Email: ldowney@mpc.edu

Libby Downey served on the Monterey City Council for 12 years.  She has lived in Monterey for over 50 years with her husband, Wayne, a retired administrative educator from Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.  Professionally, Libby has been a Director of the Lyceum for Monterey County, was a Public Health Nurse for the County of Monterey, sold real estate and a Superior Court Appointee as “Conservator of the Person” for elderly for eight years.

Community involvement has always been and will continue to be a priority with Libby.  She, currently, serves as the Vice-Chair of the Natividad Board of Trustees. Libby has served on approximately 30 boards during her life on the Peninsula.  Past service includes:  Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Monterey Regional Waste Management District,  Monterey One Water, Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, Monterey-Salinas Transit,  Carmel Presbyterian Board of Trustees, National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey County Grand Jury twice, Hospice Foundation of the Central Coast, Planned Parenthood of Monterey County, Monterey City Parks and Recreation Commissioner for over 20 years, AT&T volunteer for the AT&T Pro-Am for over 12 years, and Visiting Nurses’ Association Board to name a few.

Libby and Wayne have three children and their two daughter-in-laws are involved with their local schools.  They have seven grandchildren of who they are most proud and one of them was the creator of the website for her campaign.  Volunteering in her community has always been a part of Libby’s life.  MPC has always been high on her list of interests and she will always be taking classes. 

Dr. Loren Steck, Vice Chair (Area 5 - Carmel/Carmel Valley) Term: 2024

Email: lsteck@mpc.edu

Loren Steck has been an MPC Trustee since 2003.  A psychologist by training, he received his PhD from UCLA, and has been involved in higher education for most of his adult life.  He is a Fellow of Porter College at UC Santa Cruz, where he taught for 16 years. He was also president of the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association, and spent a decade as chair of the UCSC Foundation’s Investment and Finance Committee.  For most of his career, Loren conducted public opinion research primarily for clients in the entertainment industry.

During his tenure as an MPC Trustee, Loren has served as Board Chair and Vice Chair several times.  He chaired each of the three Presidential searches that have occurred in that period. As the Board’s liaison to the MPC Foundation, Loren wrote the Foundation’s investment and expenditure policies.  Working with the Bernard Osher Foundation, he significantly expanded the number of endowed scholarships available to MPC students, as well as to students throughout California’s Community College system.  Loren is a member of the statewide California Community Colleges Trustees board, where he has focused on issues related to funding and student success. Loren and his wife Annette live in Carmel, and you will often see them driving their 1941 woodie to the beach and to various events around town.

Ms. Debbie Anthony, Trustee (Area 4 - Pacific Grove)  Term: 2024

Email: danthony@mpc.edu

Debbie Anthony is proud to be a Monterey Peninsula native resident and looks forward to serving and supporting community members and students as a Trustee.  She has attended the local schools, received an associate’s degree from MPC, a BA in Psychology from UC Berkeley, and a MA in Education/Psychology from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.  

For over 39 years, Debbie counseled and served thousands of students and contributed to their success at Monterey Peninsula College.  She contributed integrity and excellence by serving on countless committees at MPC, served as a representative at the regional CTA Union and regional Academic Senate and represented the African American Community of Monterey County in the faculty and administrative staff selection process for the opening of CSUMB.

Debbie played an intricate role in the development of MPC’s Transfer Center, serving as the Director of the Transfer Center and representing MPC in developing the first Guaranteed Admission Program for students with both the CSU and UC systems.  
Debbie hosted and initiated the first African American College Graduation Ceremony on the Monterey Peninsula known as the “Rites of Passage” and represented MPC as a founder of the statewide organization of “UMOJA.” 

She has served on the following community services: Natividad Hospital Board of Trustees, member of the Monterey County Civil Grand Jury, Monterey County Commission on Status of Women, graduate of the Pacific Grove Community Police Academy, volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County & Carmel Youth Center along with NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Village Project Inc. and many other community services. 

Ms. Yuri Anderson, Trustee (Area 2 - Marina/Fort Ord) Term: 2026

Email: yanderson@mpc.edu

Yuri’s career has included programmatic and organizational leadership roles in human service organizations in Monterey County, New York City, and San Francisco. She currently serves as Chief of Staff to Monterey County Fourth District Supervisor Wendy Root Askew. Before beginning her service with the County, Yuri held the position of Vice President, Community Investments for United Way Monterey County. She is also a founding member of the Bright Futures for Monterey County Educational Partnership.  

Yuri served as Chair of the MPCCD Board of Trustees in 2020; during which time she also co-chaired the Superintendent/President Search Committee. In 2019, Yuri served as Chair of the Board’s Policy Subcommittee, Chair of the Board Evaluation and Goals Ad Hoc Committee, and Alternate Representative to the Community Human Services Board of Directors. Outside of MPC, Yuri serves as a member of the Board of Director for the Democratic Women of Monterey County and Monterey County’s Child Abuse Prevention Council.

Yuri’s family has lived in Monterey County for nearly 60 years. Yuri graduated from North Monterey County High School before earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Southern California and a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from New York University.  

Yuri is a wife and proud mother of two school-aged children. 

Ms. Rosalyn Green, Trustee (Area 1 Seaside/Sand City) Term 2026

Email: rgreen@mpc.edu

Seaside native, Rosalyn Green, was born in the former Fort Ord Hospital, attended school in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) and is a proud graduate of Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) and California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB).  She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies on the Teaching Pathway tract.

Rosalyn's family dynamics inspired her to become a care provider. She was a counselor in a girls’ group home instilling self-worth and values to marginalized youth in Monterey County. Rosalyn has extended her work to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Re-entry Services, Community Advocacy, The Village Project Inc., Building Healthy Communities and in the Monterey County Supervisors District 4 office. She learned about operations of a Governing Board and Land Use at Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA).  Rosalyn is a Silver Life Member of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She regularly attends community meetings, especially, MPUSD School Board meetings and Seaside City Council meetings.

Rosalyn shares her love for education on several school campuses always promoting higher learning. She is deeply rooted in her faith believing, "All things are possible and nothing is impossible.”  

She is the proud mother of four children and two grandchildren. Her oldest is a graduate of MPC and her third child is currently attending MPC.

Rosalyn believes that “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Jocelyn Torres Vasquez, Student Trustee
Term: Academic Year 2023-2024

Email: jtorresvasquez5251@mpc.edu

Hi my name is Jocelyn Vasquez. I am the student trustee and I’m majoring in art history. If you have any questions for me I can be reached at jtorresvasquez5251@mpc.edu

Dr. Marshall T. Fulbright III, Superintendent/President and Secretary to the Board of Trustees

Email: mfulbright@mpc.edu

Dr. Marshall T. Fulbright III, took the reins as superintendent/president of Monterey Peninsula College on July 10, 2023. A former Vice President of Academic Affairs at Grossmont College in El Cajon, he brings a proven track record of transformational higher education leadership.

Beginning his career teaching music at the elementary and high school levels, Fulbright’s passion for cultivating learning led him to Colby College in Maine, where he taught orchestral performance, music theory, and Latin American music. After serving as an adjunct music instructor at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, he became a tenured faculty member at Long Beach City College, directing its Symphony and Chamber Orchestras and teaching various music courses. Gaining experience as a department chair, academic senator, faculty union representative, and serving on numerous statewide committees for the California Community College system, Fulbright joined the administrative team at College of the Sequoias as the Dean of Language, Fine Arts, and the Learning Resource Center, and then as an academic dean at Norco College.

Within his most recent role as Vice President of Academic Affairs at Grossmont College, he oversaw 212 full-time and over 400 adjunct faculty in 6 academic divisions as well as 7 academic deans, with an annual operating budget of $25 million. During his tenure, Dr. Fulbright was instrumental in guiding the college’s curriculum committee to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion practices into their curriculum process, fully implementing their guided pathways initiative, developing a student-centered and guided-pathways-influenced class schedule, and establishing an academic symposium fund to support on-campus intellectual programming in support of the community.