Linda Horner, Board vice Chair

Linda Horner (Vice Chair) is Partner, Impact Investments & Corporate Strategy at Uplifting Capital, and an Ugandan-American strategy and finance professional with 10+ years of experience in healthcare, investment banking, and public accounting. She excels at building partnerships with aligned financial and impact organizations, identifying investment opportunities, and monitoring portfolio performance. Prior to joining Uplifting, Linda was the Director of Corporate Strategy at SCAN – one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans that is tackling some of the biggest issues in healthcare for older adults. Prior to healthcare, she worked in investment banking for financial sponsors at Credit Suisse and as a senior auditor at Deloitte.

In 2020, Linda earned her MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where she received the Julia Stell award for outstanding leadership. She is passionate about women's empowerment, mentoring minority entrepreneurs, and providing educational opportunities as a means of lifting entire families out of poverty. Linda lives in Los Angeles, with her husband, Josiah and their two sons Peter and Michael. In addition to serving on the Board of Action in Africa, she is also on the Advisory Board of the National Black MBA Association, Los Angeles Chapter.

• MBA, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

• BS in Business Administration (emphasis in Accounting), Summa Cum Laude (No. 1 in class), The Master’s University

• Impact Measurement & Management for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Duke University