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Lynn O'Connell

Lynn O'Connell

Lynn O'Connell has been leading tours in the DC area for several decades focusing on history, food, ghosts, sex & scandals, and presidential wives. She is also a licensed New York City guide and serves as Tour Director for several companies taking travelers to far-flung places around the world - and has a special passion for sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, Lynn is a certified Travel Coach who helps make travel dreams a reality.

Lynn is a devoted theatre fan and does all she can to support the wonderful and vibrant DC theatre world. She has served on a couple of DC-area professional theatre boards and does some producing in the community theatre world.

Lynn is a former Foreign Service Officer and a Fulbright Scholar.