Linda Ketner

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Linda G. Ketner

Linda G. Ketner is a civic leader, business consultant, and charitable donor in Charleston, South Carolina. She is currently President and Co-founder of KSI Leadership & Management Development. ^[1] She was born in Salisbury, North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 with a B.A. in English and holds a Masters Degree in Sociology from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the daughter of Ralph W. Ketner, founder of the Food Lion chain of grocery stores, and Ruth Hope of Georgetown, South Carolina.

In February 2008, she announced her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st congressional district, challenging Republican incumbent Henry E. Brown, Jr.^[2]

1 Civic leadership
2 Career
3 Charitable donor
4 Honors & awards
5 Board service
6 References

[edit] Civic leadership

The Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Institute for Urban Affairs and Policy Studies (current board member)
Rangers Disaster Relief (current board member)

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (former President)
Crisis Ministries (former President)
Mayor's Council on Homelessness and Affordable Housing (former Chairwoman)
S.C. Housing Trust Fund (former Chairwoman)
South Carolina Citizens For Housing (Co-founder)

[edit] Career

Director of Organization Development for Food Lion Stores
Director of New Product Design with the [Center for Creative Leadership]
Manager of Organization Development for GlaxoSmithKline
Adjunct Professor (Complex Organizations and Leadership) at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the College of Charleston
English Teacher – Sophrinia M. Tompkins High School in Savannah, Georgia

[edit] Charitable donor

Having established the Women’s Fund, Ketner Fund and Fund for Social Justice at the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, she oversees grants to organizations working for solutions to community problems.