Mrs. Linda B. Perkins

Linda Blount Perkins is a retired AT&T Governmental & Public Relations management employee. Throughout her 38-year career with AT&T, South Central Bell, and BellSouth, she also worked in the Business Office, Construction Department, Engineering Department, and the Installation & Maintenance Department.

Perkins graduated from Oscoda High School, Oscoda, Michigan, and she also graduated from Southern University Agricultural And Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business.

She is an active member of several community and civic organizations, including the City of Baker Foundation Committee, President of the Louisiana Lupus Foundation, ExxonMobil Community Dialogue Group (CDG), Capital Area Transit System (CATS), Leadership Greater Baton Rouge Alumni, 100 Black Women of Greater Baton Rouge Alumni, Former member of the City of Baker Chamber of Commerce and the former President and Vice President of the Democratic Parish Executive Committee (DPEC), and a member of the Trash & Treasure Charitable Organization.