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Linda Jefferson is elected AACPM Board Member-at-Large for Member Affairs at Annual Conference.
Linda Jefferson, the current chair of the publications and public relations committee, has been elected to the AACPM Board of Directors as Member-at-Large for Member Affairs. The NCSCPM enthusiastically supported her candidacy and will continue to support her as she serves her two-year term. Linda ran on a platform of service and integrity—Taking it To a New Level.
The Member-at-Large for Member Affairs position performs duties directly related to the Academy membership and acts as an advocate for the membership. This position is the point of Board contact with most of the membership and performs other duties as assigned by the President. The Member-at-Large for Member Affairs also serves on a number of AACPM committees including Scholarship, Mentoring, Member Benefits, Bylaws & Ethics.
Biography Linda is a Human Resources Partner with the North Carolina Office of State Personnel. In this role, she provides consultative human resources services to state agencies that include all major human resources functional areas. Linda has over twenty years of human resources experience in state government. Her areas of specialty include staff development and training, curriculum design, facilitation, employee relations, mediation, organization design, classification, compensation, project and program management, policy analysis and development to name a few. She also has experience with equal employment opportunity and diversity, and leadership development.
Linda received her undergraduate and Master of Public Administration degree from Southern University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She also received a certificate in Human Resource Management from Duke University Office of Continuing Education. Linda earned her Certified Public Manager designation in 2004 and earned the Senior Professional – Human Resources (SPHR) designation in 2007.
Linda is passionate about empowering individuals live their best lives. She mentors youths and fellow state government women. She volunteers in her community including at the local food bank, colleges and universities, and her church. Past volunteer efforts included working with the Special Olympics and the public school system.
Linda brings enthusiasm and high energy to the projects she is involved with. She is talented, creative and innovative. She is a member of the North Carolina Society of Certified Public Managers (NCSCPM) and serves as the Chair of the Publicity/Public Relations Committee, Editor for the Society’s newsletter, CPM Buzz, and a current member Board of the Directors. Linda is also a member of the North Carolina Chapter and the International Chapter of the International Public Management Association (IPMA). She was recently nominated to become member of the NC-IPMA Board of Directors.
Finally, Linda is a member of the Wake Chapel Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the proud mother of two sons.
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