Shelly Wilkes is the team president of the Lakeland Magic, Orlando Magic G League affiliate. She is responsible for launching and overseeing the day-to-day business operations of the team.
Wilkes spent 13 seasons with the Orlando Magic and started as a game-night staff member in the marketing department during the 2003-04 season and was hired full-time in August 2004 as group sales coordinator. The last position she held before starting with the Lakeland Magic was senior director of live entertainment and production services in July 2015.
Wilkes received her bachelor’s degree in general business from the University of Central Florida in 2002 and was a member of the women’s volleyball team.. She later graduated from the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at UCF in 2004, and earned master’s degrees in both business administration and sport business management.
Wilkes lives in Orlando with her husband, Dallas, and their daughter, Quinn (2).