Linda Mahoney is a highly-regarded consultant and organizational strategist with more than 35 years of experience working with international and national nonprofits as an executive director or senior development officer. Working within high-level development arenas, Mahoney focuses on creating and implementing ambitious but attainable strategic plans and building upon existing relationships and partnerships. Possessing an entrepreneurial spirit, Mahoney creates and implements effective new program and revenue streams.Before becoming a consultant, Mahoney served as Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Scholarship America, collaborating on fundraising efforts to raise college funding for children whose parents were killed or permanently disabled in the September 11^th terrorist attacks.