Orlando Magic Vice President of Community Relations and Government Affairs Linda Landman-Gonzalez was honored at Orlando Business Journal’s 11th annual Women Who Mean Business Awards event on May 14 at the Mall at Millenia. Landman-Gonzalez was one of five finalists in the Business Executive category where one person was named Central Florida’s Business Executive of the Year for 2009.
In her role with the Magic, Landman-Gonzalez oversees community relations, government affairs, multicultural insights and the Orlando Magic Youth Fund. Prior to coming to the Magic, Landman-Gonzalez spent nine years as director of diversity, community and government relations for Darden Restaurants, Orlando’s only Fortune 500 corporation.
Landman-Gonzalez is currently involved in several volunteer and leadership activities, including The Central Florida Transportation Corridors Task Force, Valencia Community College Foundation, Hispanic Business Initiative Fund, Florida State Conference NAACP Corporate Advisory Board, WMFE Board of Trustees, and is a Trustee for the City of Orlando’s Children’s Trust Committee. Landman-Gonzalez is the immediate past president of Orlando Ballet, the current co-chair of Business Force and serves on the Board of Fifth Third Bank. In March of 2009 Governor Charlie Crist appointed Landman-Gonzalez to the board of the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County. Most recently she was named to Ahora Orlando’s Top 25 Most Influential Hispanics list.
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