| Linda R. Marshall was born and reared in Utah, and attended Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. After a series of marketing jobs in the fashion and beauty industries, in 1975 she became president of Elysee Scientific Cosmetics, the company she has loved and respected since childhood. Because of her knowledge and experience in the beauty industry in 1977, Linda became the only woman on the Board of Directors of the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA), the trade association that has represented the entire cosmetic industry since 1894. A year later she became the first woman elected to the Executive Committee of CTFA. She continues to serve on the Board and the Executive Commettee and is Chairman of the CTFA Small Business Committee. Active in the world of fashion and beauty pageants, Linda has judged the Miss Teen America and Miss America World America contests and has served as the judge for the World Modeling Association. In 1980 she published a book Discover The Other Woman In You and has written a monthly column for Beauty Fashion Magazine. Due to Linda's deep interest in abused women and children, a portion of Elysee sales go to shelters in support of this cause. Elysee also contributes to the Look Good, Feel Better program for women recovering from breast cancer. Linda is also an active board member of this well-known foundation. Linda and her family established a foundation for her son who passed away in 2002, the James E. Marshall OCD Foundation to educate on the seriousness of this illness. Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who of American Women, Linda has been recognized as a leading woman entrepreneur, and she was recently appointed as an Honorary Chairman on the President's National Congressional Committee, Business Advisory Council, to represent Wisconsin. |
