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Defy Illinois

Defy Illinois

Defy Illinois joined Defy Ventures in 2019 and launched a post-release program in 2020. Currently, Defy Illinois serves at three prisons. To join us at an in-prison or post-release event, visit our events page and click on the links for Illinois!

Defy Illinois Prisons: Kewanee Life Skills Re-entry Center (LSRC), Pontiac Correctional Center, (PCC), and Logan Correctional Center (LCC)

Check out an account of their first event here

Local board members

Defy Illinois Advisory Board of Directors

  • Jon Hennessy (chair) - Executive Director, The Hughes Foundation
  • Susan Burke - Attorney, Pederson & Houpt
  • Ogechukwu Ezeokoli - Senior Consultant, Point B
  • Alejandro López - Senior Analytical Lead, Google
  • Erika Knierim - Senior Associate,  Founders Law LLC
  • Carl Williams - Owner, Royal Men Solutions; President, Kids United for the Future; Reentry Case Manager and Learning Fellow, Chicago Torture Justice Center
  • Kristi Zuhlke - Principal, Kristi Zuhlke LLC

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