Linda Seifert represents District 2 on the Solano County Board of Supervisors. Her district includes Benicia, Cordelia, Green Valley, and portions of Vallejo, Fairfield, and Suisun Marsh. Elected in June 2008, she began her term in January 2009.
Linda’s service to the community has earned her support from citizens and organizations that champion open and transparent government and value community participation in the civic process. She is an advocate for preserving our County’s agricultural character and way of life. She is committed to ensuring that health and social services are available to the very young and seniors in our community. Of equal importance to Linda is improving the quality of education in our communities.
Her past community service includes terms as member and Vice President of the Solano County Library Foundation, member of the Child Haven Board of Directors, member and President of the Green Valley Landowners Association Board of Directors, and member of the Advocates for the Arts Board of Directors.
Linda graduated from California State University in Fullerton [English, 1971] and the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law [1984]. She was a member of the Law Review, the Moot Court Competition team, and the Traynor Honor Society.
The first woman partner at McNamara Law Firm in Walnut Creek [1985-1997], she represented individuals, cities, school districts, non-profit agencies, businesses, and homeowners associations. Linda served as President of the Contra Costa County Women’s Bar Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Contra Costa Bar Association. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1984.
In 1998, she joined the staff of the California Dental Association, a large health care non-profit located in Sacramento, as General Counsel. She advised the board on legal issues and oversaw legal matters for the organization. She retired in 2003, to pursue her passion for community work.
Linda and her husband Roddy Feldman, a retired Fairfield dentist, live in Green Valley.
Linda sits on the following boards, commissions, and committees:
- First 5 Solano Commission (Vice Chair, 2011)
- Partnership Healthplan of California
- Solano Land Trust Board of Directors (Vice Chair, 2011)
- Yolo-Solano Air Quality Board (Vice Chair, 2011)
- Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
- Law and Justice Committee (Chair)
- Law Library Commission
- Local Mental Health Advisory Board
- Northern California Counties Tribal Matters Consortium
- Solano County Water Agency
- Solid Waste Independent Hearing Panel (Chair, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Tri-City and County Cooperative Planning Group (Chair, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Association of Bay Area Governments, General Assembly (Alternate)
- Association of Bay Area Governments, Regional Planning Committee Delta Protection Commission (Alternate)
- Health & Social Services & Family Justice Committee (Chair, 2010)
- Legislative Committee (Alternate)
- Senior Issues Committee
- Public Art Committee (Alternate)
- Solano Local Agency Formation Commission
- Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District (Alternate)
- City County Coordinating Council
- East Vallejo Fire Protection District
- In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority
In addition, Linda is a member of the following:
- National Association of Counties (NACo)
- California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
- California Women Lead
- Women of NACO [President-Elect]
- Benicia League of Women Voters
- Benicia Historical Society
- Vallejo Chamber of Commerce
- Sierra Club
- California Bar Association
