Joanne Linowes is founding principal of Linowes Executive Development Institute. She is a presentation coach and advisor exclusively for the design and building professions. Since 1986 she uses her copyrighted techniques for training and high impact presentations nationwide to win interviews, develop leaders, build business, strengthen client/team communications.
Joanne authored Acquiring the Competitive Edge for design professionals and The Savvy Presenter: 100 Tips for Mastering Presentations.
She co-chairs the ACEC/Massachusetts Leadership Education Committee since 2012, was on the board of directors of Design Build Institute of America/NE 2000-2025, and served governor-appointed term on Massachusetts Board of Registration and Licensure for Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Joanne is in the 2025 Marquis Who’s Who in America, was honored in 2026 with DBIA/NE Lifetime Service Award for dedication, commitment, and leadership to the design-build industry, plus 2019 DBIA/NE award for excellence in leadership and innovation. Working with TECET Board, she created the TECET Linowes Leadership Lectures.
B.S., Boston University.
M.S., The University of Pennsylvania.
Why do you serve as a TECET Trustee?
I am honored to serve as a TECET Trustee as it fulfills an important goal for me -- to encourage opportunities for both starting and seasoned professionals to expand their impact, expertise, and contributions to the engineering and land surveying industries. Ensuring the strength of the profession going forward requires a focused organization as a resource and promoter of highest standards of quality and ethics. TECET is that organization in Massachusetts.