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