Member – Grants Director / Little Rock School District

Linda Young is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals and serves as the Director of Grants and Program Development for the Little Rock School District in Little Rock, Arkansas. She provides district wide leadership in the areas of grant development, grant management, and secondary school reform. Ms. Young has over 45 years of experience, across all levels of the educational field. Since 2000, under Ms. Young’s leadership, the Little Rock School District has secured more than $100,000,000 in federal, state and private funds for education programs such as magnet schools, high school reform, middle school reform, school improvement, service learning, health services, professional development, educational technology, student support services, literacy, math and science content and professional development, library grants and after school and summer programming.