Linda Tvrdy is a co-founder and President of DaisyDebt.org, a nonprofit technology organization that helps low-income consumers access their rights against third-party collectors.

Linda is an advocate for technology and open data to increase access to justice and to improve the processes of judicial administration. She is also an Instructor with Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought, where she co-teaches a course called “The Future(s) of the Global Economy and Society.

Linda practiced commercial civil litigation for several years after earning her JD from the George Washington University National Law Center. In 2013 she earned a doctorate in 19th Century legal and constitutional history under Eric Foner at Columbia University.