Linda Wright

LINDA WRIGHT executive director of professional and community services for The Salvation Army of Onondaga County, has accepted a new statewide position with The Salvation Army. She has been named Empire State divisional director of social services.Wright has been with the Salvation Army for 40 years, beginning her career as a social worker for a new group home for teenage girls in foster care. Over the years, she advanced her career and was named executive director for professional and community services by the advisory board in 2001. Wright is a graduate of Asbury College and holds a master’s degree in social work from Syracuse University.