Linda Cornett

Linda Cornett joined the East Bay Community Foundation in November 2020 as Senior Accountant-Investments & Funds. She began her career in Finance in 1991 as a Portfolio Accountant with State Street Corporation. Linda advanced to Assistant Vice President, Client Services over a 13-year span with State Street. Most recently, Linda was Vice President, Client Service, at Progress Investment Management Company. Linda spent 16 years with Progress promoting diversity and inclusion in asset management and servicing institutional investors. Linda holds a BSBA degree from the University of Phoenix. She is a CFA Institute Investment Foundations certificate holder (#5677). She is a founding member and past president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP). Linda enjoys music, sports, traveling, reading and exploring the outdoors. She resides in Alameda, CA with her wife Vickie, where they raised four children and now have three beautiful grandchildren.