Linda Meeuwenberg is an internationally recognized speaker, best-selling author, columnist, and key opinion leader. As founder and CEO of Professional Development Association, Inc., she has led hundreds of personal empowerment seminars with rave reviews. As an author she has written children’s books to preserve family memories, a short story, and is a featured author interviewed in Stepping Stones to Success. Linda is a contributing author in Overcoming Mediocrity – A collection of stories from dynamic women who have created a life of significance, How to Pilot When We Were Raised To Be Stewardesses, contributing author to RDH Magazine, served as a columnist for Access magazine, and serves on the Editorial Review Board for Access. Linda holds the rank of Professor Emeritus; Ferris State University in Michigan. As an active volunteer, she now enjoys her life on the beaches in Florida where she serves on the Friends of Space Coast Volunteers in Medicine and as Vice President of her local dental hygiene component. She has received two national awards for her volunteer projects and holds several awards as an educator. Linda motivates her audiences to ACTION!