Linda Wagner

Executive Director

As the Executive Director of the Marin Workforce Housing Trust, Linda provides leadership in financial management, fundraising, business development, marketing and strategic planning. Since joining the Trust, she has developed the capability of the organization to make its first loans and has significantly expanded its capital base.

Prior to joining the Trust, Linda was with Citigroup as National Business Development Manager for the wholesale home equity group. She has also held regional and national management positions in business development, strategic marketing, and sales management at GMAC, Fair Isaac, Prudential Real Estate, Freddie Mac, and MGIC.

Linda has deep and broad housing finance experience that spans affordable housing, wholesale lending, mortgage securitization, mortgage guaranty insurance, and real estate franchise marketing. Her expertise is in developing and executing strategic initiatives in both for profit and nonprofit organizations, enabling them to profitability grow revenue, build brand identity and improve operational effectiveness.

Linda holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois with high distinction in Finance. In 1996, she completed the Executive Program in Global Strategy at Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 2008, she graduated from the Executive Program in Sustainable Management at the Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco, where she focused on increasing the availability of financing for energy efficiency improvements and green building.  Linda is  a LEED AP and certified as a Green Building Professional.

An active volunteer in the community, Linda currently serves on the boards of Build It Green and the YWCA of San Francisco/Marin.  She previously served on the boards of Sunny Hills Services, Image for Success and the Financial Women's Association of San Francisco.

She can be contacted at lindawagner [at] mwht [dot] org.