Background
Fainter, Lynda J. was born on June 24, 1947 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Bernard Joseph and Evelyn Margaret (Cheek) Wahl.
Fainter, Lynda J. was born on June 24, 1947 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Bernard Joseph and Evelyn Margaret (Cheek) Wahl.
Associate of Applied Science in Executive Secretarial Science, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1984.
Typist, Galesburg Register-Mail, 1966-1967;
typist, Gates Rubber Company, Galesburg, 1969-1971;
program director, secretary, Station WHBF-television, Rock Island (Illinois) Broadcasting Company, 1968-1969;
secretary to vice-president and president, Huskee Bilt Construction Company, Monmouth, Illinois, 1971-1974;
counselor, placement secretary, Carl Sanburg College, since 1978;
executive director, Quad City League Native Americans, Rock Island, since 1990. Participant stage audience television program Racism in Iowa, Iowa Public television, 1993, 4-Font, Station WHBF-television, Rock Island, 1992. Member site county Job Training Partnership Act Native American Enhancement Program, Rock Island.
Member site county unites states department Labor Job Training Partnership Act program Native American Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome College, Chicago, since 1995. Speaker, presenter in field.
Member National Organization for Victim Assistance, Washington, 1990-1992. Deputy registrar Knox County Board Commissioners, Galesburg, 1991-1992. Member Iowa Governor's Indian Leadership Advisory Council, Des Moines, since 1992.
Founding member American Indian Council Illinois, since 1994, secretary/treasurer, since 1997. Member Midwest Soarring, Chicago, 1996—: participant Illinois Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, 1997. Member National Education Association, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Women in Government, International Platform Association.
Married July 1, 1967 (divorced September 1983). 1 child, Jeffrey Lee.