Board Members

The Board includes, but is not limited to, designees from the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, the Department of Children and Family Services, the State Board of Education, the Cook County State’s Attorney, and a State’s Attorney selected by the President of the Illinois State’s Attorney’s Association. The current board contains designees from all of the above listed agencies. In addition, representatives from several youth services providers serve as board members.

Grace Hou – Chairperson	Illinois Department of Human Services	IDHS Secretary
Delrice Adams	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	Acting Executive Director
Honorable Walter Brandon	Ret. Presiding Juvenile Judge, St. Clair County
Elizabeth Clarke	Juvenile Justice Initiative	President
Avik Das	Cook County Juvenile Probation and Court	Director/Probation Office
Dan Hunt	Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts	Assistant Director
John Johnson	Youth Services Network, Inc	Associate Director
Miquel Lewis	Cook County Juvenile Probation Department	Acting Director of Probation
Andrea Lubelfeld	Cook County Office Public Defender	Chief, Juvenile Justice Division
Heidi Meuller	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	Director
Krish Mohip	Illinois State Board of Education	Deputy Education Officer
John Rekowski	Ret. Madison County Chief Public Defender
Tracy Senica	Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office	Assistant State’s Attorney
Anne Studzinski – Vice Chairperson	Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition	Managing Director
Rick Velasquez	Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission	Chairman
Paula Wolff	Illinois Justice Project	Policy Advisor

Staff

Karrie Rueter	Illinois Department of Human Services/Division of Family and Community Services	Associate Director
Kristen Marshall	Illinois Department of Human Services	Bureau Chief
Erica Hughes	Illinois Department of Human Services	Redeploy Illinois Program Administrator
Honorable Colleen Sheehan	Illinois Collaboration on Youth	Redeploy Program Judicial Consultant
Omar Jamil	Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice	Senior Policy Advisor
MaryAnn Dyar	Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority	Adult Redeploy Illinois Program Director
Garien Gatewood	Illinois Justice Project	Director
Luis Klien	Juvenile Justice Initiative	Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Susie Schoenrock	Illinois Collaboration on Youth	Prevention and Intervention Manager – Redeploy Illinois