Linda Martin, APR

As executive vice president and managing director of Porter Novelli's Orange County office, Linda Martin heads up a team of expert public relations and public affairs professionals. She is also a co-leader of the agency's West Coast Public Affairs group. Her team members maintain deep connections to key figures within the region's top companies in industries such as real estate and transportation, as well as within county and local government agencies. Among Linda's current and former clients are first-rate organizations such as the Almond Board of California, The Irvine Company, the USC Marshall School of Business, the San Diego International Airport, the Boise Valley Economic Partnership, the Orange County Business Council, Dave & Buster's, Orange County Water District and John Wayne Airport.

Says Linda, "Solving the toughest challenges facing our clients is what I find the most rewarding. Anyone can do the easy work-we thrive on the tough stuff."