Linda B. Charity, Interim Commissioner

 

Linda Charity began her career with the Office of Financial Regulation (formerly the Department of Banking and Finance) in 1979 as an entry-level bank examiner in West Palm Beach. Linda moved from the field to the Tallahassee headquarters in 1983 to develop and implement an extensive examiner training program. In 1989, Linda was promoted to the Chief of the Bureau of Research, Planning and Staff Development and in 2000 she assumed the position of Chief of the Bureau of Financial Institutions, District I. The former Department of Banking and Finance was reorganized in 2003 and Linda was appointed the Director of the Division of Financial Institutions in February 2003. The Financial Services Commission appointed Linda Interim Commissioner of the Office of Financial Regulation in 2009 and 2012.

Linda earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Florida and a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance at Florida State University. Linda has attended and taught at a number of state and federal regulatory schools, as well as numerous industry schools and seminars.