Linda Whitehead, a partner in the McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, LLP (MGS) law firm in White Plains, has been named president of the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation
Whitehead, a resident of Irvington, regularly lectures on land-use law and real estate matters. She is currently on the WMPF Board of Directors and has been a long-time member of the municipal planning organization, planning WMPF”™s annual Land Use Training Institute for several years. She is a graduate of the Community Leadership Alliance Program at the Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Land Use Law Center.
The Westchester Municipal Planning Federation is a voluntary association of officials representing the county”™s 45 municipal governments, zoning and planning boards and land-use consultants, including lawyers, engineers, architects and planners. Governed by a 15-member Board of Directors, the organization”™s purpose is to “create an effective and permanent countywide organization for the exchange of information on matters of planning interest.”
In addition to participating in land use and municipal law practices in her firm, Whitehead guides both property owners and the firm”™s municipal clients through complex land-use approval processes, including compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act.
Whitehead also heads the firm”™s transactional real estate practice, which represents clients in relation to the acquisition and sale, leasing and financing of all types of commercial and residential properties. She also represents lenders in making complex commercial loans.