10/14/2026
Meet our first October Power Luncheon speaker, Georgia Turner, Executive Director of the West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authority!
Georgia Turner has more than 40 years of experience in journalism, public relations, marketing and sales. Since December it 2016, she has been the Executive Director of the West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authority, where she is responsible for developing marketing and advertising programs to increase tourism in the 14 communities in West Volusia County, Florida (located in between Daytona Beach and Orlando), demonstrating the desirability of the area as a destination. With a $1 million budget that comes from a countywide lodging tax, the Authority works with area hoteliers, tour providers, attractions and event promoters, to represent the area to leisure visitors, tour operators, travel and meeting planners and the media.
Georgia held marketing and public relations positions at several Destination Marketing Organizations in Florida and Alabama before landing in West Volusia. She also owned and operated Georgia Turner Group, a full-service marketing and communications agency specializing in the travel and tourism industry for 10 years. Her client list included Convention & Visitors Bureaus, Chambers of Commerce and regional and state tourism agencies.
A graduate of Auburn University with a degree in journalism, she worked at her hometown newspaper and an airline magazine in Atlanta before her career in tourism began.
Today she is a VISIT FLORIDA Marketing Council Member, Senior Advisor for the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Volusia-Flagler Chpater, a member and past Chair of the Southeast Tourism Society (STS) as well as an Associate member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW).
She frequently volunteers with MainStreet DeLand, DeLand Pride and The Neighborhood Center. In her spare time, Georgia enjoys craft b**r, NASCAR races and yoga!.
📅 Thursday, October 22 | 11:30 AM–1:00 PM
đź“Ť Foundation Risk Partners, Ormond Beach
🎟️ Tickets available now: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://volusiaypg.wildapricot.org/event-6869781__;!!OwHQNGuS!N4JAgPe3JiEEfcqHTJT8ufIEjTnZohHaziWryVEwI4aiJVHKpt3vcoP8oroczfhu8S6FZf6GLS87SDAl5jn_XyKtFNgS$
