Linda White Andrews is the President of Yellow Rose Foundation and Founder of the Zonta Club of Mid-Maryland, a part of Zonta International. Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy, envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.

Linda is a retired senior trial attorney with 29 years of experience from the U.S. Department of Justice, where she investigated and litigated employment discrimination cases. She holds a BA from Morgan State University, MSW from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, and a JD from the University of Wisconsin and serves on the board of the White Rose Foundation and is a member of the Links, Incorporated.

Ms. Andrews has always had a strong interest in women's issues and justice; she chaired the Prince George's County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Free Kemba Smith initiative directed to all chapters by The Links, Incorporated.  Ms. Smith, who had a middle-class upbringing and was enrolled at Hampton University, became involved with an abusive drug dealer and, at the age of 24, was sentenced to 24.5 years in prison for conspiracy in his drug activities. Because this was a nonviolent first-time offense, The Links, Incorporated, and many notable organizations rallied behind Ms. Smith and her parents. They galvanized a movement that resulted in her release and a pardon from President William Clinton.