Name: Linda Shaw
Title: President/Owner
Company: Future Energy Development, LLC, certified City and State MWBE
Location: Rochester, N.Y.
Birthplace: Queens, N.Y.
Family: Married, two children, two golden retrievers
College: St. Johns (B.S. Political Science, M.S. Public Administration and International Law, Juris Doctor)
First job outside of real estate: City of New York, Mayor's Office of Operations, Department of Sanitation
First job in real estate or allied field: Environmental Attorney, Harris Beach, LLP, focusing on redeveloping brownfield real estate.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Environmental/Energy Attorney for Future Energy Development, LLC and Knauf Shaw LLP focused on developing renewable energy, energy efficiency, or energy storage projects on brownfield real estate or to improve traditional commercial scale real estate buildings.
Hobbies: Gardening
Favorite book: "The Weathermakers" by Tim Flannery
Favorite movie: "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
Keys to success: Patience and perseverance
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Hillary Clinton
If you had to choose another vocation, what would it be? Surgeon
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