Linn is the Chief Operating Officer of GHS and the founder and CEO of Global Finance Strategies, a subsidiary of GHS that provides financial, strategic and operational counsel for NGOs, donors, governments and private sector companies.. A seasoned operations and finance executive, most recently she was the Chief Administrative Officer at Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and CFO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). At PPFA, Linn recruited and mentored a team of operations executives to support the implementation of the new strategic plan including a new CFO, General Counsel and CHRO. During her 14 years at IAVI, Linn supported the development of a $5 million-a- year nonprofit into a complex, $100 million-a-year product-development partnership, with operations in Africa, India, Europe and elsewhere. Prior to IAVI, Linn spent five years at Morgan Stanley, becoming one of the youngest vice presidents in its history, and before that at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company (now KPMG), working as a certified public accountant. Linn has a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University.