Linda Goler Blount joined the Black Women’s Health Imperative as the president and chief executive officer in February 2014. As president and CEO, Linda has overseen more than $20 million invested in Black women’s health and research and is responsible for moving the organization forward in its mission to achieve health equity, as well as reproductive justice for Black women. Before joining the Imperative, Linda served as the vice president of programmatic impact for the United Way of Greater Atlanta, where she led the effort to eliminate inequalities in health, income, education and housing through place- and population-based work. She is an officer on the Creating Healthier Communities Board of Directors, serves on the University of Michigan School of Public Health Summer Enrichment Program Board and is past chair of the University of Michigan School of Public Health Alumni Board of Governors. Linda holds a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering/Operations Research from Eastern Michigan University.