As the Executive Director of Reed Smith University (RSU), Linda heads up Learning & Development for the firm’s U.S. offices. She and the RSU team work with members of firm leadership, the departments, practice and industry groups, and senior staff to create and implement programs to meet the developmental and career needs of all personnel. Linda and other members of the RSU team also support Reed Smith’s lawyers in providing external CLEs and other training programs to firm clients.
In addition, Linda oversees U.S. operations of the firm’s CareeRS program, a competency-based development program that encompasses all aspects of career and professional development including competency development and management, associate feedback and reviews, mentoring, coaching, career planning and goal setting, and the like.
Linda provides support to both the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and the WINRS (Women’s Initiative) Committee. She is a management member of the Firmwide Associates Committee, and a member of the Firmwide Racial Equity Task Force.
Before transitioning into her professional development role, Linda was a practicing lawyer and law firm partner. She is able to use that valuable experience, coupled with more than twenty years on the learning & development side, to better understand and meet the development needs of Reed Smith's lawyers and clients.
