Linda Forster is the founder partner and President
of Forster Company Inc., a community relations and construction management
firm specializing in business, economic development, community outreach,
material testing, and construction management. www.forsterco.com
Mrs. Forster
is responsible for all new business and the strategic direction of Forster
Company Inc. She is the primary driving force in a team, which strives
to excel in exceeding client needs in creative and meaningful ways.
For
over 10 years, Mrs. Foster has used her corporate and social experience
to address the needs of specific industries such as government contractors
construction, and not-for-profit organizations. She is well experienced
with policy makers, business and industry management, not-for-profit,
public interest groups, educators and technicians. An experienced facilitator
and strategic planner with good oral and written communications skills.
Mrs.
Foster has worked in the South Central Los Angeles Community with her mother “Sweet” Alice
Harris, for over a decade. In fact, she and four of her sisters helped
their mother founded the Parents of Watts Working With Youth and Adults
Multi-Purpose Community Crisis Center in the early eighties. Her involvement
in the Watts community has served as a training ground for the development
of the mission of Forster Company to train and develop local economically
disadvantage adults and business to participate in construction related
jobs and services throughout the state of California. |
The City of Los Angeles Mayor’s
Office has selected Mrs. Forster as their representative on the Enterprise
Community Oversight Committee. (ECOC). Mrs. Forster is also an Elected
Delegate for the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee. She serves
on the Candidate Elect Committee for the Los Angeles Democratic Central
Committee.
Mrs. Forster is also an active member of the Black Political Action Committee
(BAPAC), Los Angeles Chapter. Mrs. Forster is a strong advocate for Youth at
Risk and serves as a mentor to a lot of the youth in her community. She believes
that all youth are at risk and constantly seeks out her business colleagues to
serves as mentors to guide them in the way in which they should go. Mrs. Forster
is the Administrator for a California Mentor Program. She is a member of the
Church of Christ. Everyone who knows her will testify that she is a God fearing
woman. Mrs. Forster has been married since 1989 to her loving husband Egerton
Forster. Together, they proudly produced two beautiful children Aristacus (7)
and Renaissance (2).
Mrs. Forster has earned her Undergraduate Degree from Pepperdiine University,
Malibu. She also earned her Graduate Degree from California State University
Long Beach. |