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career has included positions with IBM, Savin, Sharp Electronics
Corporation, Pitney Bowers, Panasonic and AirTouch.
She
was the highest-ranking woman at Sharp Electronics in her position
as Director of National Accounts for the System Products Group
and National Sales Training Director for Panasonic. Her expertise
includes working with national accounts and developing federal
and state government business.
Ms.
Wind is president and CEO of WInd Enterprises®
Inc.,
a corporation that offers Leadership Development Conferences
and customizes training programs for Fortune-ranked companies
and small businesses. Wind Enterprises has presented the Possible
Woman®
Leadership Conferences and events since 1996. She is also the
Fonder of the Possible Woman d Foundation International,a 501
(c) 3 that gives academic scholarships to older women in need
returning to school and pursuing nontraditional occupations.
Since 2001 PWFI has awarded over $300,000 in academic scholarships
to the recipients annually.
Wind
was one of the exceptional women from 15 countries to be recognized
on the inaugural list of The International Alliance for Women
"TIAW World of Difference 100." She is a recipient
of the Y Women in Careers Award, was honored by NAWBO as the
2005 Inspiration of the Year, and was selected for the three
consecutive years by Women Looking Ahead News Magazine
as one of the 100 most powerful and influential women business
owners in Georgia.
Wind
is past-president of the Atlanta Women's Network, founding director
of the Atlanta Women's Alliance, and is actively involved with
the Georgia Commission on Women. She served on the Northside
Hospital Foundation board and is currently on the advisory board
for the ProWIN in ATlanta, Georgia. She has also served on the
board of directors for the YWCA, the American Heart Association,
Sales Marketing Executives International , National Association
of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and Norcross Rotary. She is
a graduate of Leadership Corpus Christi, Leadership Atlanta
and leadership america, and is also a member of International
Women's Forum, Dallas and Georgia chapters.
Linda
Wind holds an MBA from the University of Dallas in Irving, TX
and BBA from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, TX.
With offices in Atlanta, Ga and Dallas, TX, Wind Enterprises
has strategic partnerships and alliances with women's groups
throughout the world.
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