Meet the Speaker: Linde Hoffman ’20

Linde Hoffman ‘20 is a State Engagement Manager at Recidiviz, a nonprofit tech company spun out of Google that is aimed at safely and sustainably shrinking the criminal justice system. Linde’s passion for criminal justice reform began at the Center for Social Concerns, through which she participated in the Inside-Out cohort of Fall 2017. The CSC seminar took place in Westville Correctional Facility and combined undergraduates with justice-impacted individuals, who spent time together in class each week learning how to “Rethink Crime and Justice.” She has never gone a day without thinking about the friendships she formed during that seminar.

Before Recidiviz, she worked at the Center for Innovations in Community Safety at Georgetown Law, helping to develop and implement a police training program aimed at preventing unnecessary use of force and promoting officer health and wellness. Her first year post-grad, she completed a year of service with Amate House in Chicago, where she served as a reentry case manager and instructor in the women’s division of Cook County Jail in Chicago. 

Her favorite experiences at Notre Dame revolved around football, Lewis Hall, or Student Government, where she was Chief of Staff for the Boyle-McGuire administration. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish, magna cum laude, and is currently a part-time Master of Public Policy student at Georgetown University.