Linda Ketner is President and co-founder with Susan Sluyter of KSI. KSI
offers a wide range of products and services including: leadership and
management development seminars, program design and evaluation,
employee surveys, video-training production, strategic planning, board
development and executive assessment.
Linda holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A.
from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and worked toward her
Ph.D. at both Duke and Emory Universities in Sociology. Her area of study
was Organization and Leadership.
Prior to co-founding KSI, Ketner was Director of Organization Development
for Food Lion Stores, responsible for New Product Design with the Center
for Creative Leadership; and, Manager of Organization Development for
Smith Kline Corporation. She has been adjunct professor at UNC-G and the
College of Charleston, teaching Complex Organizations and Leadership.
Active in her community, she has served as President of The Community
Foundation, President of Charleston Crisis Ministry, Chair of the Mayor's
Council On Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Chair of the S.C.
Housing Trust Fund, Co-founder of South Carolina Citizens For Housing, Co-
founder of Women Making A Difference, and served on the boards of the
Hollings Cancer Center, Health Sciences Foundation, and the YWCA of the
USA. She is past President of Alliance for Full Acceptance and S.C. Equality
Coalition, and chaired the Lowcountry Allocations Committee for Hugo
Relief. Linda is currently on the boards of the Riley Institute for Public Policy
and College of Charleston's Women Studies and Community Diversity
Project. Having established the Women’s Fund, Ketner Fund and Fund for
Social Justice, she oversees grants to organizations working for solutions
to community problems.
Ms. Ketner is an enthusiastic Renaissance Weekend Participant,
Leadership America graduate and has been honored with the national
Salute to Citizenship Award, South Carolina Woman of Valor Award, Girl
Scout Woman of Distinction Award, and the South Carolina Housing
Achievement Award. Also: The Malcolm D. Haven Award for Community
Service, SCHA Woman of the Year, YWCA Lifetime Achievement, Center for
Women Foundation Award, Victory Fund Olivia Leadership Award, SCGLPM
Volunteer of the Year and SCGLBG Trailblazer Awards. She is the recipient
of an honorary doctorate from Columbia College, as well as the NAACP, J.
Arthur Brown Award for Outstanding Service; and, the Urban League Arthur J.
Clement Award For Race Relations.
Other KSI referral consultants include:
offers a wide range of products and services including: leadership and
management development seminars, program design and evaluation,
employee surveys, video-training production, strategic planning, board
development and executive assessment.
Linda holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A.
from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and worked toward her
Ph.D. at both Duke and Emory Universities in Sociology. Her area of study
was Organization and Leadership.
Prior to co-founding KSI, Ketner was Director of Organization Development
for Food Lion Stores, responsible for New Product Design with the Center
for Creative Leadership; and, Manager of Organization Development for
Smith Kline Corporation. She has been adjunct professor at UNC-G and the
College of Charleston, teaching Complex Organizations and Leadership.
Active in her community, she has served as President of The Community
Foundation, President of Charleston Crisis Ministry, Chair of the Mayor's
Council On Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Chair of the S.C.
Housing Trust Fund, Co-founder of South Carolina Citizens For Housing, Co-
founder of Women Making A Difference, and served on the boards of the
Hollings Cancer Center, Health Sciences Foundation, and the YWCA of the
USA. She is past President of Alliance for Full Acceptance and S.C. Equality
Coalition, and chaired the Lowcountry Allocations Committee for Hugo
Relief. Linda is currently on the boards of the Riley Institute for Public Policy
and College of Charleston's Women Studies and Community Diversity
Project. Having established the Women’s Fund, Ketner Fund and Fund for
Social Justice, she oversees grants to organizations working for solutions
to community problems.
Ms. Ketner is an enthusiastic Renaissance Weekend Participant,
Leadership America graduate and has been honored with the national
Salute to Citizenship Award, South Carolina Woman of Valor Award, Girl
Scout Woman of Distinction Award, and the South Carolina Housing
Achievement Award. Also: The Malcolm D. Haven Award for Community
Service, SCHA Woman of the Year, YWCA Lifetime Achievement, Center for
Women Foundation Award, Victory Fund Olivia Leadership Award, SCGLPM
Volunteer of the Year and SCGLBG Trailblazer Awards. She is the recipient
of an honorary doctorate from Columbia College, as well as the NAACP, J.
Arthur Brown Award for Outstanding Service; and, the Urban League Arthur J.
Clement Award For Race Relations.
Other KSI referral consultants include:
- Linda Netsch: attorney, Harvard graduate and former Air Force
officer, Linda Netsch specializes in Negotiation Strategies. - Stephanie Counts, former CEO of the YWCA, National Distinguished
Principal, White House Task Force on Education member, creator of
Women's Intercultural Exchange.
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