Lumpkin County selects a new County Manager
Business May 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE
Alan Ours
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. –The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners is pleased to announce Alan Ours as the next County Manager.
Ours has many years of experience as a county manager and is well known and respected throughout the State. His last job was as the County Manager of Glynn County, Georgia, where he served for ten years.
Over 50 candidates from across the nation applied for the position. A search committee consisting of community leaders helped narrow the list.
The top candidates were interviewed by the Board of Commissioners and the list was reduced to two finalists. Extensive discussions and meetings were held with those two individuals. He will start Monday, August 2.
UPDATE: Vaughn, Ours named finalists for Lumpkin County Manager
Business May 3, 2021
Alan Ours
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. –The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners is pleased to announce that two finalists have been identified in the search for a new County Manager. The names of the candidates are Alan Ours and Alicia Vaughn. Pursuant to Georgia law, the Board expects to make a job offer no sooner than 14 days after this announcement.
Ours has more than 40 years in public service, having worked as County Administrator in Lowndes County and Pickens County, S.C. before accepting the position of County Manager in Glynn County in 2010 where he has served the last 11 years.
Alicia Vaughn
Vaughn served as Chief Financial Officer for Whitfield County for six years before accepting the position of County Manager in Catoosa County in 2018. Vaughn resigned that position last month. She earned an accounting degree from the University of Georgia