Linda Langston is director of strategic relations for the National Association of Counties in Washington, D.C., US.

Prior to that Langston was a member of the Linn County (Iowa) Board of Supervisors.

Prior to her public service, she was the executive director of the History Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the executive director of the Linn Mar School Foundation.

While living in Chicago and Tulsa, she maintained a private practice in psychotherapy.

[1] Langston grew up on Chicago's south side in the Beverly neighborhood and graduated from Morgan Park High School.