Linda McKinley

Vice President

Handler & Associates

Atlanta

specialties

  • Generalist
  • Consumer Product
  • Financial
  • Director & Board
  • Information Technology
  • Information Security
  • Telecommunications
  • Accounting
  • Packaging
  • Manufacturing
  • Utility
  • Distribution & Logistics
  • Wireless
  • Human Resource
  • Healthcare

biography

Linda is Vice President and Partner with Handler & Associate, bringing more than 20 years of experience in customer relations, sales, marketing, recruiting and employment consulting.

Linda began her career in the food industry working in various sales and marketing positions in the U.S. In 1987 she opened Key Staffing Services specializing in administrative, clerical, accounting and convention services. With offices in metro Atlanta and in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company was nominated by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce for Small Business of the Year in 1993, 1994, 1995. The company was recognized as one of Atlanta's top 25 Women-Owned companies in 1995 and Linda is the three-time recipient of the prestigious INC 500 award for Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in the US. The company was sold in 1998.

Linda served on the Board of Directors at the Cobb YWCA from 1997 through 2001 and the Board of Directors of Cobb Family Resources from 2002 through 2004. Additionally, Linda is an alumnus of Cobb County's Cobb Leadership Class of 1997.

Linda is an organizer and director of First Landmark Bank of Marietta, Georgia, which is scheduled to open in 2008. Linda is also the co-chair of Wellstar Foundation's Women in Philanthropy for 2008.