Linda Wagner

Linda is a Principal in the Chicago office and is a member of the Executive Financial Counseling practice, providing support to the team led by Kate Kennedy. She has over 25 years of financial management experience primarily focused on nonprofit organizations.

Prior to joining Cerity Partners, Linda was Chief Operating Officer at Chicago Foundation for Women, where she was responsible for internal operations, finance and accounting, information technology, human resources, facilities, and the preparation of internal and audited financial statements, tax reporting, cash and investment management, and regulatory filings.

In the 1980s, she spent 2.5 years living and working in Egypt and traveled extensively throughout the Far East. She has three grown children and three granddaughters and resides on the northwest side of Chicago.