Linda Brennan is Senior Director, Community Partnerships at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), which brings the perspectives of people affected by cystic fibrosis (CF) into all the Foundation’s activities, including research and clinical development, and provides opportunities for the CF community to engage with one another and with CFF in meaningful ways. In her role, Linda works with internal and external stakeholders to operationalize patient engagement in research. Linda joined CFF after 20+ year career in human resources, most recently as Vice-President, Human Resources for MedImmune, AstraZeneca’s biologics division. Immediately prior to joining CFF she was a Health Communications Fellow at NCI's Office of Advocacy Relations.