Dr. Linda J. Blessing This is Me

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1. 1. Valley of the Sun United Way: United Way Finance & Audit Committee

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   Published on: 6/30/2008   Last Visited: 6/30/2008

   Linda J. Blessing, Ph.D.Executive Director

2. 2. uwvs.convio.net

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   Published on: 1/31/2008   Last Visited: 1/31/2008

   Linda BlessingExecutive Director Emeritus

3. 3. RepublicBankAz, N.A. (In Organization)

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   Published on: 2/2/2007   Last Visited: 2/2/2007

   Linda J. Blessing, Ph.D.Treasurer
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   Linda J. Blessing, Ph.D., Treasurer
   
   Dr. Blessing has a distinguished history of public service in both education and government.Linda served as the Executive Director of the Arizona Board of Regents, the governing body of Arizona's public university system, including Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona University, with combined enrollment of over 100,000 students and annual operating budgets of $2.5 billion.Upon retirement from that position, she was named Executive Director Emerita and received the Regents' Medal.Prior to the Board of Regents, Dr. Blessing was the longest serving Director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security where she achieved significant improvements in various human services programs including child welfare, welfare reform and child support collections.She also spent ten years with the Arizona Office of the Auditor General and was Deputy Auditor General for six years.
   
   Linda earned a BS in Business Administration from Cal Poly University, Pomona and her MBA from California State University, San Bernardino.She earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration from Arizona State University, and attended the Program for Senior Executives at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University.Dr. Blessing is licensed as a CPA in both Arizona and California.She has worked with many human services, educational and professional organizations.Sharing her talents with the community, Linda has held leadership positions with the Valley of the Sun United Way; sat on the boards of the American Institute of CPAs, Cox Charities, and the Arizona CPA Foundation for Education and Innovation; and served as a Commissioner for the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education as well as the Governor's Arizona-Mexico Commission.She was a member of the Board responsible for starting up the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and a Steering Committee Member for the Flinn Foundation's "Battelle Study" on Enhancing the National Competitiveness of Biomedical Research in Arizona.
   
   Linda and her husband Bruce Hensley have lived in Arizona for 23 years.
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   Linda and Bruce have a daughter, April, and a granddaughter, Elizabeth Mae.