Linda Cavaioli

Treasurer
Business is Retired Executive Director, YWCA of Central Mass

Linda Cavaioli was Executive Director of the YWCA Central Massachusetts for 30 years and retired in 2021. Linda supported a 30-member board of directors and oversaw the daily operations of an $8 million non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of racism and empowerment of women.

Linda is active in the community and serves as a member and Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Quinsigamond Community College Foundation, serves on the Board and as President for 2Gether We Eat Hydroponic Farming agency dedicated to food justice in Worcester, serves on the Board and member of Finance and Development Committees for Notre Dame Academy, serves a member of the President’s Advisory Committee for Mass. Women of Color Coalition, Cochair of the Mechanics Hall Portraits Project and a member Emeritus of the Community Board of DCF Worcester West Area Office, Commissioner Emeritus of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women and a member Emeritus of the United Way Women’s Initiative. She also serves on the Martin Luther King Community Breakfast Committee. While at the YWCA she also has served as regional chair of the YWCAs New England Council and Chair of the YWCA USA Regional Leadership Committee.

Before joining the YWCA, Linda was the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Resource Development at the United Way of Central Massachusetts.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire and MBA from Clark University.