Lynne Anast a former business owner, entered the non-profit community in 1996 at the Flanzer Jewish Community Center, as the Director of Elderhostel. She continued in the same position when the Center reopened as the YMCA/JCC. She has been at the Senior Friendship Centers since 2007, currently as Director of Lifelong Learning offering a variety of lifelong learning classes, produces an annual lifelong learning conference, “The Reinvention Convention,” and an annual cruise for members and non-members.
She is a member of Power Connections a local Business Networking group BNI. She also serves on the board of directors for Suncoast Alliance for Lifelong Learning, SCALL.