Mayor Linda T. Johnson was elected to Suffolk City Council in 2000. She represented the Sleepy Hole Borough for two terms and became Suffolk's first female Mayor on July 5, 2006. Mayor Johnson made history once again when she became Suffolk's first directly elected Mayor on January 5, 2009. She was re-elected for a second term as Mayor in 2012, and a third term in 2016.

Experience
Mayor Johnson began her career in real estate in 1986. She is currently with Berkshire Hathaway Towne Realty and has been a member of the Board of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors since 1986.

Committees
Mayor Johnson serves on the City Council's Finance Committee, the City Council's Education Committee, the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, and is a past member of the Virginia Workforce Council. She is also the Chair of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization. She was appointed to Governor Terry McAuliffe's Council on Local Government.

Education
Mayor Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Journalism from Westhampton College at the University of Richmond, with a minor in Sociology.

Community Involvement
In addition to all of her professional endeavors, Mayor Johnson is active in several community service organizations.