Linda Raftree
Founder at The MERL Tech Initiative
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolLinda Raftree is a founder and seasoned advisor with over a decade of experience at the intersection of digital technology, data governance, and social impact. As founder of the MERL Tech Initiative and Linda Raftree LLC and co-convener of Technology Salon NYC, she helps humanitarian, development, and human rights organizations design responsible, people-centered digital programs and MERL systems. Her work spans digital strategy, privacy and safeguarding, inclusive design, and emerging AI governance—including leading an NLP community of practice and advising major funders like Gates and the World Bank. Known for convening candid practitioner conversations and translating ethical principles into practical policy and technical backstopping, she blends field experience across Africa and global advisory roles with formal privacy certification (CIPP/CIPM). An anthropologist by training, she brings a human-centered lens that surfaces social risks often missed by technologists.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Anthropology, B.A. Anthropology at University of Southern California
English, Spanish, French, PortugueseGithub contributions (1)
telekommunisten/whitesaveme
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:81 commits, 79 pushes in 28 days
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