Linda Jordan is Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales and Marketing for Mesirow Financial. Mesirow Financial, based in Chicago, is an investment management firm that manages approximately 18 billion dollars for institutional clients such as public and taft-hartley plans, endowments/foundations and corporations. Linda is in charge of the Atlanta office for Mesirow Financial. Prior to joining Mesirow Financial, Linda was Regional Vice President for NCM Capital Management Group. Prior to working in the financial services area, Linda worked for several years at Georgia Tech Research Institute.

Linda received an M.B.A Degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, both an M.S. and B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. Degree in Mathematics from Clark Atlanta University. Linda participated in the Dual Degree program between Georgia Institute of Technology and Clark Atlanta University.

Linda is also very active with civic, charitable and professional organizations. She currently serves on the national board for the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP). She has also been very active in the local Atlanta community where she serves on several boards including the Atlanta Chapter of the National Black MBA Association and on the executive committee of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. Linda also is a member of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

**biography provided by Mesirow Financial