Lina Nealon

Lina Nealon is committed to creating a society where every individual may thrive. As Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Institute for Families and Technology, she unites leaders fighting for children’s healthy development in the digital age through advocacy initiatives and collaborate projects such as the Phone-Free Schools State Report Card. Prior to IFT, Lina served as Vice President of Corporate Advocacy at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, where she exposed mainstream companies facilitating and profiting from sexual abuse. Posing as a minor across social media, AI, and gaming platforms, she used collected evidence to lead campaigns—most notably The Dirty Dozen List—resulting in major changes at corporations including Apple, Google, Mastercard, Meta, and TikTok.  

As Founding Director of Demand Abolition, the first national program to confront sex buyer’s role in driving the global sex trade, Ms. Nealon designed Cities Empowered Against Sexual Exploitation (CEASE): twelve major US cities measurably disrupting commercial sex markets. She was a founding member of World Without Exploitation and Harvard University’s Working Group on Modern Slavery. Lina was appointed co-chair for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Anti-Trafficking Taskforce Demand Committee, has drafted federal and state policies, and advised governors, attorneys general, Members of Congress, and White House staff.  

Lina and her husband are raising four young social activists in Durham, NC.