Linda B. Arnold is founder of The Arnold Agency, one of West Virginia's most awarded advertising agencies.  She graduated from WVU in 1976 and Marshall University Graduate College in 1984 where she earned her master of business administration degree.  Ms. Arnold is the former communications director and press secretary to U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller during his tenure as governor.  She worked in public relations in the Washington D.C. area before starting her own company in Charleston. 

     The Arnold Agency has clients throughout the eastern region and in Washington, D.C., and specializes in health care, financial marketing, telecommunications, energy/environmental marketing, food service and service industries.  Over the years The Arnold Agency has garnered regional and national awards for excellence, including more than 50 Addy Awards (American Advertising Federation Award).

     Arnold is the recipient of the 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award, as well as the "Who's Who in West Virginia Business" award from The State Journal.  She is a member of the West Virginia Business Roundtable and is active in the Public Relations Society of America and the American Advertising Federation.  Additional professional affiliations include the Humane Society and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.  Arnold also serves on the boards of the Nature Conservancy and Huntington National Bank.  In other areas of professional development, Arnold is a Certified Wellness Instructor and Mediator. 

     When she's not hanging out at The Arnold Agency, she enjoys sailing aboard Obsession with her husband, John Catselis, going to seminars and sampling spa treatments (to take the edge off the stress!)

      Linda and John reside in Charleston with their beagle, Samantha.