- November 27, 2024
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Lynn Flanders was unanimously confirmed as the director of the Ocean Center at the Oct. 3 Volusia County Council meeting.
Flanders has over 20 years of experience in managing convention and performing arts centers. She most recently served as the assistant general manager of the Cobb Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority, where she oversaw the daily operations and services for the Cobb Galleria Center, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and Galleria Specialty Shops.
“We went out on a nationwide search, and we were very fortunate to find Lynn Flanders,” said County Manager George Recktenwald. “Atlanta is one of the largest entertainment markets in the country. She’s been in the big leagues, so we’re very happy to have her come here."
While Flanders was born and raised in Georgia, she has a special tie to Volusia County.
“When my father was a student at Georgia Tech, he was a musician," she said. "He ventured out with the sax and created a boy band, and they played beach music in the Bandshell in Daytona. He loved Daytona so much that he wrote a song about Daytona, and it made the local charts. We would come here every summer to vacation, and it was something we looked forward to every single year.”
