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Linda Jo Finley Lockner
2002 Distinguished Service to College and State

Linda Jo Finley Lockner has more than 25 years of experience in various human services related jobs. She specializes in employment and training programs and is currently a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the state of South Dakota. She lives in Black Hawk with her husband, Terry.

While living in Cedar City, Utah, where she managed a caseload of 190 clients with disabilities, she was recognized by the Division of Rehabilitation Services in 1994 and 1995.

Lockner is currently the president of the South Dakota Chapter of the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security and is a member of the Rapid City Mayor's Committee on Disabilities.

She is a certified rehabilitation counselor and holds a valid South Dakota teaching certificate, with endorsements in language arts and social sciences. She is also a certified public manager for the state of Utah and a certified rehabilitation counselor.

Since her 1970 graduation from Dakota Wesleyan, she earned a master's degree from Northern State University in 1994, and has lived and worked in Webster, Aberdeen, Eagle Butte and Rapid City, and Cedar City and Provo, Utah.

Lockner is in her second year as president of the Rushmore Optimists and she is a life member of the South Dakota Historical Society. The Lockners have a grown daughter.