Fall 2016

Linda Whatley is practically a Tempe native who attended McKemy Junior High and Tempe High School followed by ASU, graduating with a degree in Business Education. After teaching high school part time for a number of years while raising a family, Linda was hired at ASU as an Administrative Assistant. She was a member of the first team to open up programs at "ASU East", now the Polytechnic campus. Later, wanting to return to the Tempe campus, Linda was hired in a position in College of Business, followed by Assistant to the Chair in the College of Life Sciences. She spent the last 13 years of her career as Assitant to the Director of the Biodesign Institute and Complex Adaptive Systems.

Linda retired in early 2016 and can now be found spending time in favorite leisure activities with friends and family, traveling to any beach anywhere, and visiting her home state of Colorado.