Our Board
CLAIM Board of Directors
Lori A. Roper, President
Office of the Cook County Public Defender
A. Colin Wexler, Vice President
Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz
Patricia O’Brien, PhD, Secretary
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jane Addams College of Social Work
David Layden, Treasurer
Partner
Jenner & Block
Bernardine Dohrn
Director, Children and Family Justice Center
Northwestern University School of Law
Audrey French, M.D.
Attending Physician, Stroger Hospital
Director of Research, CORE Center
Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Division of Infectious Diseases
Samir Goswami
Policy Director
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
Andrea Hall
Organizer
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Lauren Mistretta
Deloitte Services LP
Audrey Natcone
Attorney at Law
Department of Justice Studies &
Department of Women's Studies
Northeastern Illinois University
Molshree Sharma
Partner
Mandel, Lipton, Roseborough and Lifshitz Ltd.
Crystal Gray Woodfork
Office of the Cook County Public Defender
Create guardianships so children can stay with trusted caregivers, and out of the foster care system. Teach mothers in jail about family law and the best interest of the child. Host meetings for formerly imprisoned women. Testify at public hearings to win humane policy. Meet with corrections officials to make visits better for children. These are a few things that CLAIM staff and volunteers do to bring justice to incarcerated mothers and their children. You can help us make a difference. Please be as generous as possible.
Current Size: 100%
- Approximately 80% of the 16,239 women in Chicago’s Cook County Jail in 2004 were mothers.
- About 80% of women detained at Cook County Jail are charged with non-violent crimes.
Because children need their mothers.