
Linda Walker
Senior Director, Corporate Engagement, Forests
WWF
Linda Walker is senior director of corporate engagement on World Wildlife Fund’s Forest team. She leads the US implementation of Forests Forward, a signature WWF program for corporate action in support of nature, climate, and people. Forests Forward helps companies around the world and across a range of sectors develop and implement leadership-level responsible sourcing practices for forest risk commodities; support high-quality forest landscape investments; and advocate for policies that keep forests thriving.
Before joining WWF, Linda spent more than a decade at The Nature Conservancy, advancing land stewardship and protection efforts in the United States. She also worked at the Rainforest Alliance as a Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) chain-of-custody auditor.
Linda holds a BA in geography and environmental studies from Bucknell University and a Master of Forestry degree from the Yale School of the Environment, where she focused on tropical forests in Indonesia and advancing tools such as forest certification to help support forests, wildlife, and local communities.
Linda lives in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia with her husband and son.