As a Data Insights Analyst for the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Linden gets to combine a love of finding and understanding information about parks and their people with the organization’s need to make ethical, thoughtful, and impactful decisions. He has been fortunate to work on a variety of topics across equity, data, and sustainability that touch upon operational, strategic planning, budgetary, and programming needs of urban park systems.
Prior to Minneapolis Linden worked at the Trust for Public Land and the State of Minnesota and studied urban planning, anthropology, and children’s studies at the University of Minnesota and Washington University in St. Louis. Linden is a LEED Green Associate and serves as an appointed member of the Open Space and Recreation Commission for the City of Golden Valley, MN.