Linda is a program officer in the Local Grantmaking Program with responsibility for grantmaking in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties and for board-directed grants in a variety of areas. Prior to joining the Local Program in February 2010, Linda worked as a program officer in the Children, Families, and Communities Program at the Foundation, where she was responsible for grantmaking in the children’s health insurance program with the goal of bringing health insurance to all children in California. Previously, she worked at the Foundation as a research analyst and associate editor in the Center for the Future of Children, with an emphasis on the child indicators series of articles in The Future of Children.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Linda worked for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey in the research and evaluation department. Linda holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Calvin College and a master’s degree in public health from Rutgers and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.