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Defy Illinois

Defy Illinois

Defy Illinois joined Defy Ventures in 2019. Defy Illinois serves at Kewanee Life Skills Re-entry Center, Pontiac Correctional Center, and Logan Correctional Center, and launched a post-release program in 2020.

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
  • Nikhil Angelo - Vice President of Restructuring, Lazard Frères & Co.
  • Gabriela Brunner - Advisor, Pre-Law Advising Services; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Susan Burke - Attorney, Pederson & Houpt
  • Joe Flippin - Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
  • Sepora Makebah - Vice President, Financial Advisor; Bernstein
  • Juan Sewell - Founder, Sewell Point; Founder & CEO, Visionnaire Entertainment Chicago, LLC
  • Carl Williams - Owner, Royal Men Solutions; President, Kids United for the Future; Reentry Case Manager and Learning Fellow, Chicago Torture Justice Center
  • Vince Williams - Principal and Founder, JV Williams Consulting, LLC
  • Kristi Zuhlke - Principal, Kristi Zuhlke LLC

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