Linda DiSantis

Current

• General Counsel at CARE

Past

• CEO at ethicsLINC
• City Attorney at City of Atlanta
• Vice President and Managing Attorney at UPS

• Attorney at Alston & Bird

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Education

• Georgia State University College of Law
• Georgia State University

Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• My Company

Linda DiSantis’s Summary

I am the General Counsel at CARE USA. CARE is a leading international humanitarian organization working in over 70 countries around the world to address extreme poverty. CARE focuses on empowering women and girls who then can make a difference in their communities.

In 2007, I founded ethicsLINC, a consulting firm focused on assisting organizations with operational integration of compliance, business ethics and sustainability initiatives.

I served as the City Attorney for the City of Atlanta, under Mayor Shirley Franklin's leadership. During my time as the chief legal officer for the City, I transformed the Law Department into a well-respected legal department serving all the civil legal needs of the Mayor, City agencies and City Council in a proactive and well respected manner. Prior to holding this position, I was a managing attorney at UPS, and was responsible for the development and deployment of the company's highly regarded Corporate Compliance program and helped to develop the company's sustainability initiative. Prior to my time at UPS, I was an environmental attorney at Alston & Bird in Atlanta.

Linda DiSantis’s Specialties:

Legal department management, compliance and ethics, environmental law

Linda DiSantis’s Experience

• General Counsel

  CARE

  (Public Company; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

  I am serving as the General Counsel of CARE USA. CARE USA, with operations in over 50 countries, is a worldwide organization dedicated to addressing social inequity. CARE works on issues related to health, education, water, microfinance, emergencies and conflicts, agriculture and climate change — all of the things that affect people living in extreme poverty. The organization has a special focus on empowering women and girls, because they hold the key to long-lasting social change in communities.

• CEO

  ethicsLINC

  (Management Consulting industry)

  June 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  ethicsLINC works with organizations to understand their needs regarding corporate governance, compliance, business ethics, and sustainability. We work with the organization to integrate into the business the legal compliance and corporate governance needs that the company needs to address in a manner that meets the organization's legal obligations and that is tailored to individual employee groups' needs. The training that we develop is also tailored so that it is focused on the particular employees's need. In addition, our training includes skill development on recognizing and dealing with ethical questions that arise in the day to day environment in every organization.

• City Attorney

  City of Atlanta

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  August 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 5 months)

  Chief legal officer for the City of Atlanta, serving all the civil legal needs of the City, including the Mayor's office, city agencies and City Council

• Vice President and Managing Attorney

  UPS

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UPS; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  January 1991 — August 2002 (11 years 8 months)

  I served as the company's chief environmental attorney. After several years with the company, I was promoted into a management position in the legal department. I chaired the task force that put together the company's corporate compliance and ethics programs, managed the implementation of the program worldwide, and managed the compliance department for several years. I worked with a strategic planning committee and developed the company's initiative on sustainability and corporate responsibility.

• Attorney

  Alston & Bird

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  September 1988 — December 1991 (3 years 4 months)

  Practiced law in the areas of environmental law and commercial litigation

Linda DiSantis’s Education

• Georgia State University College of Law

  JD , Law , 1985 — 1988

  Graduated summa cum laude, Received recognition as National Association of Women Lawyer's Outstanding Student Award, Langdale Law Scholarship, Order of the Outer Barristers

  Activities and Societies:

  Law Review Managing Editor and Legislation Editor

• Georgia State University

  BA , Political Science, Economics , 1982 — 1985

  Graduated summa cum laude; GPA 4.0

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, James Madison Award for Outstanding Political Science Student, President’s Plaque for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Dean’s Key, Pi Sigma Alpha, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Golden Key Honor Society.

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Linda DiSantis’s Websites:

• My Company

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