Our annual Patriotic Sunday service is on July 3 and will feature guest speakers retired Marietta Police Chief Dan Flynn, and former US Air Force commander Susan Tutor, as well as our Recognition of Veterans. Our Patriotic Sunday worship will be ONE service at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
Special Guest Speakers
Susan Tutor, Major, USAF, Retired
In a 21-year US Air Force career, Susan held positions as commander, executive officer, operations officer, plans officer, and inspector in Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Operations fields. Her primary career field was as an Air Weapons Controller in mobile radar units and served at the squadron, wing, and major command levels and in Department of Defense Joint Task Force operations in the United States, Europe, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean. She also served in special assignments including on the faculty of Squadron Officer School, and as plans and operations officer in several Counterdrug assignments with missions appointed and funded by Congress facilitating military support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies on the US Southwest border and in Mexico. During the first four years of her career, she served in the enlisted ranks as a chapel manager, drug and alcohol abuse counselor, and social actions instructor.
After retiring from military service, she began a career in business operations and administration with IT companies based in Atlanta, GA, and San Jose, CA. Susan and three of her IT colleagues co-founded a company to provide managed hosting and performance testing services for companies’ business-critical IT systems. After 14 years of successful growth and operations, they sold the company and Susan retired a second time.
Susan has a Master of Science degree in Behavioral Psychology; she completed an Executive Development Program course at the School of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology; and has completed other business programs and courses with Kennesaw State University, and leadership, contracting, and international business partner courses offered by universities and the military.
Susan has one adult son. She has been a member of Marietta FUMC since 1996 and currently serves as the Sisters in Christ Sunday School Leader, the Chair of Women’s Ministry, and is a member of the Church Council.
Dan Flynn, Retired Police Chief of Marietta Police Department
Dan Flynn was appointed Chief of the Marietta Police Department (MPD) on January 15, 2007 where he served for 15 years before retiring at the end of January of 2022. Prior to his appointment with the Marietta Police Department, Chief Flynn served as Chief of the Savannah Police Department, Savannah, Georgia, as Chief of the Savannah-Chatham Police Department, and as Major assigned to Special Patrol Bureau Commander with the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Chief Flynn holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from St. Thomas University, Florida, and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Florida International University. He also holds two graduate certificates, one in Executive Leadership from the University of Miami and the second in Personnel Management and Labor Relations from Florida International University. In addition, Chief Flynn is a graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy.
Chief Flynn’s professional memberships include: Police Executive Research Forum, International Association of Chiefs of Police, FBI National Academy Associations, Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, and Rotary International.
“EBP Hall of Fame: Dan Flynn.” Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), 2022, https://cebcp.org/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-dan-flynn/.