LaVita Tuff

LaVita Tuff is a Policy Analyst with the Sunlight Foundation, where she works with their local policy team to improve online access to government information. Her work focuses on analyzing and writing about government data disclosure in addition to providing feedback on adoption and implementation of open data, open meetings and open government policies at the state and municipal levels.

Her passion for access to information comes from her community and economic development background. She previously worked as an Economic Development Specialist for the City of Baltimore. Prior to that she served as Mayoral Fellow to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and worked on Capitol Hill. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University, the University of New Orleans Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, and the University of Baltimore School of Law.

LaVita is working directly with the City of Jackson in their implementation of an open data policy, which is being achieved in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative.