Linda Abernethy CPA

Linda Abernethy, CPA, is a partner with McGladrey, LLP with nearly 30 years experience serving state and local governments. Linda’s experience includes serving colleges and universities, local municipalities, counties, pension systems, special districts and state government. Linda is a current member of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel. Linda also serves on the Board of the Illinois CPA Society as well as the ILCPA Governmental Executive Committee. Linda has served on the Technical Accounting Review Committee of the Illinois Government Finance Officers’ Association, and the Special Review Committee for the Certificate of Achievement program for the Government Finance Officers’ Association. At McGladrey, Linda serves on various policy committees impacting services to governments and is also a member of the McGladrey internal inspection quality review team. Linda is a concurring reviewer for the government sector of McGladrey and also assists in firm-wide training. Linda has a Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Illinois University and assists with campus recruiting at NIU on behalf of the firm.