Meet the Organizers

A.J. Layne has a BA in Public Relations & Advertising from the University of Texas with an organizational management certificate from Harvard Business School.

 

He is a former Staff Writer and Editor-in-Chief of Panorama Magazine, a once-upon-a-time Account Executive for a top 10 private firm in Washington D.C. and pro baseball community relations director.

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After 24 years of service in the military, A.J. retired as a LCDR for the U.S. Navy where he took post as a Manufacturing & Reliability manager.

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Now retired from his civilian job, too, A.J. pours himself into organizing and co-hosting book conventions with Lynessa, managing her author life as her personal assistant, and, in his spare time, co-writes fiction novellas.