Linda is a retired educator having taught children with learning disabilities in Moore and Oklahoma City Public Schools and serving as an administrator at Metro Technology Centers. She also worked in OKCPS Curriculum and Instruction Department as a technology trainer, gifted education coordinator and grant writer. At Metro Tech, Linda served as the administrator over a dropout recovery program, supervised two different instructional campuses, managed the school's foundation and served as grants and federal programs administrator. She is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and the University of Central Oklahoma. "When Pat Potts - my longtime friend and mentor - asked me to come out of retirement to work for the foundation, I simply couldn't say 'no.' As an educator, parent, grandparent, and life-long Oklahoman, I believe wholeheartedly in the work we are doing here!"