<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-2015/advertising-visual-age.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Advertising in a Visual Age</title><excerpt>Geoff Akins ’97 grew up in Laguna Beach surfing, skim- boarding, and spending time at Yosemite Sierra Summer Camp. That’s where he heard about Westmont, a small college on the coast where he could surf between classes. It sounded perfect. Today he remains passionate about the outdoors, mountain biking, surfing and camping with his wife, Jenny Reitmaier ’96, and their two daughters.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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