Bio
As CEO of the American Red Cross North Texas, Dr. Linda Braddy is responsible for core mission delivery to 10.4 million people in 121 counties, fundraising, and external relations. She oversees community resilience programs and works with community partners to ensure communities build local capacity to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters.
Dr. Braddy served as President of Brookhaven College and as the inaugural provost for Dallas College as the seven independently accredited colleges of the Dallas County Community College District transitioned to a singly-accredited college
in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. She previously served as Vice president for Academic Affairs (VPAA) at Tarrant County College (TCC) Northeast Campus where she oversaw all academic divisions,
including credit and non-credit technical programs and all transfer programs; academic support services; the library; dual credit; and early college high schools.
Prior to her role as VPAA, she served as Deputy Executive Director of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in Washington, D.C., a professional association for mathematics faculty, where she oversaw programs, public policy efforts, the Competitions Department, and the Meetings and Facilities Department. While at MAA, she increased the externally funded programs portfolio from $8 million to $14.5 million and co-authored multiple publications.
When she joined the American Red Cross in Feburary 2023, Dr. Braddy had raised a total of $21 million in gifts and grants over the course of her career.
Prior to her transition to the non-profit world in D.C., she served as dean of the Division of Health and Natural Sciences at TCC South Campus, during which time she assisted with the transition of the Nursing program to the Trinity River Campus, and subsequently served as dean of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the South Campus. Immediately prior to her tenure as dean at TCC, she chaired the Department of Mathematics at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, where she was a tenured, full professor.
She has embraced change throughout her career and welcomed opportunities to lead major organizational and cultural changes at multiple organizations. She has worked to promote the use of evidence-based teaching practices that improve student learning outcomes and has focused intently on supporting veterans and first-generation college students.
