Linda L. Ridley

Linda is CEO of Edgar J. Ridley & Associates, Inc., an international management consulting firm specializing in change management. Linda has been designated an Expert Consultant by the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) out of Tokyo, Japan, and she services global clients, conducting workshops and training seminars in workplace effectiveness. Linda has conducted training for women entrepreneurs from companies and organizations throughout Southeast Asia. Linda has the additional prestige of being on the faculty of the American Management Association, where her portfolio includes corporate training in analytical topics such as Critical Thinking, High-Impact Decision Making, and High Performance Accountability.
As a complement to consulting, Linda is a Lecturer at CUNY’s Hostos Community College, where she teaches Entrepreneurship, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, and Introduction to Business. Additionally, she is an Adjunct Professor CUNY’s School of Professional Studies in the M.S. program for Business Management and Leadership, where she teaches Organizational Behavior & Leadership, as well as Managing Diversity in a Global Economy.
Linda studied at Virginia Commonwealth University; and she earned her Masters in Business Administration from the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the School of Education of St. John’s University, Queens, New York.