{"id":303,"date":"2023-03-16T22:02:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:55:29","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/about-us\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-standard-hero bg-navy-deep\">\n    \n    <div>\n      \n      <div class=\"px-mobile xl:px-desktop pt-14 pb-12 lg:py-18 xl:py-32\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n          \n          <div\n            class=\"pb-14 lg:pb-16 breadcrumbs uppercase font-extrabold text-sm leading-4 text-white tracking-wider flex flex-wrap lg:w-auto\">\n            <p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>          <\/div>\n\n          \n                      <div>\n              <h1\n                class=\"text-blue font-heading 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She has more than 15 years of professional experience in non-profit management and education.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alice joined Restore Justice from the Princeton Review, where she had been a consulting content developer and project manager for eight years. Prior to working for the Princeton Review, she worked in nonprofit administration for seven years. She holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, is the mother of two boys, and is an avid knitter.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n                          <\/div>\n                        \n                                              <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/template>\n                      <div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n                              <div class=\"cursor-pointer lg:max-w-[400px] lg:max-h-[400px] mb-6.25 relative group\" @click=\"open(6361)\"\n                  aria-label=\"Read about Brian Beals (he\/him\/his)\">\n                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BrianBeals-scaled-e1732227435206-874x1024.jpg\" class=\"aspect-square object-center object-cover w-full h-full\" alt=\"\" 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     <p id=\"descriptor-1409\">Associate Policy Director<\/p>\n                        \n                                                  <div class=\"wp-core-paragraph\">\n                            <!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>James Swansey is the Associate Policy Director at Restore Justice. He joined the Restore Justice team in February 2021 as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/flap\/\">Future Leaders Apprentice<\/a>. James returned home in December 2020 after serving 28 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Incarcerated in 1993 at the age of 18, James originally received a sentence of natural life without the possibility of parole plus an additional 30 years. He received a new sentence through court cases about youth sentencing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cAs time went by, I learned how to become responsible for my actions and accountable for my decisions, which in turn allowed me to show the individual that I actually was,\u201d James said. \u201cI now have the opportunity to give back to the same system that sentenced me to die, without giving me the death penalty. Working with Restore Justice is something that I look forward to because I know that I have a voice. I look forward to making a difference.\u201d&nbsp;James aspires to be a voice for those who can\u2019t be heard. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since joining the Restore Justice staff, James is most proud of becoming a registered Illinois lobbyist and working in Springfield to ensure passage of legislation that will create more meaningful pathways to release for some of the people he once served time with. James serves on the National Life Without Parole Leadership Council, which seeks to abolish all such sentences and create a society that recognizes the human capacity for transformation, promotes true accountability, and creates opportunities for healing and making amends a society in which no person is condemned to death by incarceration with a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n                          <\/div>\n                        \n                                              <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/template>\n                      <div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n                              <div class=\"cursor-pointer lg:max-w-[400px] lg:max-h-[400px] mb-6.25 relative group\" @click=\"open(1402)\"\n                  aria-label=\"Read about Jobi Cates (she\/her\/hers)\">\n                  <img loading=\"lazy\" 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Cates (she\/her\/hers)<\/a>\n                  <\/h3>\n                \n                                  <p class=\"mt-4 text-paragraph-lg\">Executive Director Emerita<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <template x-teleport=\"body\">\n              <div class=\"z-50 fixed inset-0 bg-black bg-opacity-50 flex items-center justify-center\"\n                x-show=\"post === 1402\" x-cloak aria-modal=\"true\" role=\"dialog\"\n                id=\"modal-1402\" aria-labelledby=\"title-1402\"\n                aria-describedby=\"descriptor-1402\">\n                <div\n                  class=\"max-h-[90vh] lg:max-h-[80vh] m-5 max-w-[1036px] relative bg-white lg:max-h-[80vh] lg:p-20 xl:py-[117px] xl:px-[134px] overflow-scroll\"\n                  x-show=\"post === 1402\" x-cloak x-transition.duration.700ms @click.outside=\"close\">\n\n                  <button class=\"absolute top-9 right-9\" @click=\"close\" aria-label=\"Close modal\">\n         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                       <\/div>\n                                          <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"container px-8 lg:pl-18 py-7 lg:py-0\">\n                                              <h4 id=\"title-1402\"\n                          class=\"mb-4 text-navy-deep\">\n                          Jobi Cates (she\/her\/hers)\n                        <\/h4>\n                      \n                      <div class=\"text-black-brand\">\n                                                  <p id=\"descriptor-1402\">Executive Director Emerita<\/p>\n                        \n                                                  <div class=\"wp-core-paragraph\">\n                            <!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jobi\u00a0Cates is the Founder and Executive Director Emerita of Restore Justice, a statewide criminal justice reform organization focused on long-term incarceration and its impact on individuals, families, and communities. Jobi led Restore Justice as Executive Director from its founding until 2024. From 2008 through 2014, Jobi was the Senior Director of the Chicago and Midwest Regional Office of Human Rights Watch (HRW). In her role there, she led the legislative and communications efforts of a broad-based coalition to end the practice of sentencing children who commit serious crimes to \u201clife without parole.\u201d Jobi has extensive non-profit leadership experience over more than 25 years, including roles as Executive Director of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and Executive Director of the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation. She has served in government twice, leading initiatives for Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan. As a consultant, Jobi has managed projects for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Fund for a Safer Future, the Asset Funders Network, the Chicago Community Trust, and Americares. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, the mother of two children, and an avid crafter. Jobi was recently confirmed as a member of the Illinois Youth Budget Commission by Governor JB Pritzker.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Selected Media and Writing:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n                          <\/div>\n                        \n                                                  <ul class=\"mt-4\">\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyline.net\/chicago\/06\/30\/2020\/less-than-3-of-states-prison-population-tested-for-covid-19-virus-accelerating-behind-bars\/?fbclid=IwAR3mh2xKIweoTDfsFMUzFyinAAtQebmA_gTZNlRq7unRZuAxcZX1e8KEk7I\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Daily Line:\u00a0Illinois Needs to Do More COVID Testing in Prisons\u00a0(2020)\">\n                                  Daily Line:\u00a0Illinois Needs to Do More COVID Testing in Prisons\u00a0(2020)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/commentary\/2020\/coronavirus-in-prisons\/\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Injustice Watch:\u00a0COVID-19 &#038; Our Elderly Prison Population\u00a0(2020)\">\n                                  Injustice Watch:\u00a0COVID-19 &#038; Our Elderly Prison Population\u00a0(2020)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2019\/8\/15\/20807715\/felony-murder-rule-illinois-gurnee-teens-lake-county-restore-justice-jobi-cates\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chicago Sun-Times:\u00a0Abolish Felony-Murder Rule\u00a0(2019)\">\n                                  Chicago Sun-Times:\u00a0Abolish Felony-Murder Rule\u00a0(2019)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/il-law-allows-those-involved-with-crime-to-be-charged-with-murder-if-someone-dies\/5471018\/\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"ABC7 Chicago:\u00a0Illinois\u2019 Felony-Murder Law\u00a0(2019)\">\n                                  ABC7 Chicago:\u00a0Illinois\u2019 Felony-Murder Law\u00a0(2019)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-lake-county-shooting-states-attorney-20190816-yk4sjgwgufgf5pxns76znlyex4-story.html\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chicago Tribune:\u00a0Lake County Felony-Murder Charges\u00a0(2019)\">\n                                  Chicago Tribune:\u00a0Lake County Felony-Murder Charges\u00a0(2019)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injusticewatch.org\/news\/2018\/after-40-years-illinois-legislature-moves-to-restore-possible-parole-for-youth\/\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Injustice Watch:\u00a0Youthful Parole Bill Passes\u00a0(2018)\">\n                                  Injustice Watch:\u00a0Youthful Parole Bill Passes\u00a0(2018)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointmag.com\/2018\/dialogue\/restoring-justice\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Point Magazine:\u00a0Restoring Justice\u00a0(2018)\">\n                                  The Point Magazine:\u00a0Restoring Justice\u00a0(2018)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@jobipetersencates\/teens-booze-crime-and-courts-eab0c5bd2c31\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Medium:\u00a0Teens, Booze, Crime, and Courts\u00a0(2018)\">\n                                  Medium:\u00a0Teens, Booze, Crime, and Courts\u00a0(2018)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikvachallenge.org\/blog\/tribute-cates\/\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mikva Challenge:\u00a0Tribute to Abner Mikva\u00a0(2016)\">\n                                  Mikva Challenge:\u00a0Tribute to Abner Mikva\u00a0(2016)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/prisoners-sentenced-children-deserve-second-chance\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"MSNBC:\u00a0Second Chances\u00a0(2014)\">\n                                  MSNBC:\u00a0Second Chances\u00a0(2014)\n                                <\/a>\n                              <\/li>\n                                                      <\/ul>\n                                              <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n              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                    <\/div>\n                      \n                                              <div class=\"mt-5 lg:mt-3 px-8 lg:px-0\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                          <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"container px-8 lg:pl-18 py-7 lg:py-0\">\n                                              <h4 id=\"title-1403\"\n                          class=\"mb-4 text-navy-deep\">\n                          Julie Anderson (she\/her\/hers)\n                        <\/h4>\n                      \n                      <div class=\"text-black-brand\">\n                                                  <p id=\"descriptor-1403\">Outreach Director<\/p>\n                        \n                                                  <div class=\"wp-core-paragraph\">\n                            <!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Julie Anderson is Restore Justice\u2019s Outreach Director. She helps guide Restore Justice\u2019s work to reduce extreme prison sentences for young people and to improve prison conditions. Julie\u2019s son Eric was sentenced to juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) in 1995 when he was just 15 years old; Eric is now 40. Because of the US Supreme Court\u2019s 2012 Miller v Alabama decision, Eric received a new (30-year) sentence in 2017. Julie is the founder and coordinator of CRIIC, Communities &amp; Relatives of Illinois Incarcerated Children. CRIIC members have family and friends sentenced as young people to life without parole. They support each other and provide encouragement while working to eliminate juvenile life without parole sentences. Before joining the Restore Justice staff, Julie served as a founding member of the Restore Justice Illinois board. She is also on the board of the Juvenile Justice Initiative and the Steering Committee for the National Family Network for the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fairsentencingofyouth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Selected media and writing:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n                          <\/div>\n                        \n                                                  <ul class=\"mt-4\">\n                                                          <li class=\"\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/we-are-witnesses\/chicago\/julie-anderson\"\n                                  class=\"text-blue hover:text-navy-deep font-bold link-underline\"\n                                  target=\"_blank\" title=\"We Are Witnesses\">\n                                  We Are Witnesses\n                                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Lindsey Hammond is Restore Justice\u2019s Policy Director. She leads the organization\u2019s state policy work, advocating for fairness, humanity, and compassion throughout the Illinois criminal legal system. In 2023, Lindsey was an instrumental member of the Restore Justice team that led the efforts to abolish sentencing children and young people to life without the possibility of parole, making Illinois the 26th state to end juvenile life without parole. In 2022, Lindsey brought policy expertise on resentencing to support the Illinois Resentencing Task Force, which made legislative recommendations to the General Assembly to create new pathways for resentencing. She is also a member of the Illinois Reentry Council.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before joining Restore Justice, Lindsey worked with advocates specializing in criminal legal reform and restoring rights and opportunities for people with criminal records. Lindsey has worked with coalitions to successfully pass bills to end wealth-based detention in Illinois, protect survivors of human trafficking, and increase employment and housing opportunities for people with records, including legislation that led to the most expansive sealing of felony records in the nation. Lindsey brings more than 20 years of policy and nonprofit experience to Restore Justice. She is passionate about mobilizing people to advocate and connect their faith with justice. Lindsey is a mother of two children and a United Church of Christ minister. She holds degrees from Vanderbilt University and Rhodes College.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n                          <\/div>\n                        \n                                              <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/template>\n                      <div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n                              <div class=\"cursor-pointer lg:max-w-[400px] lg:max-h-[400px] mb-6.25 relative group\" @click=\"open(4667)\"\n                  aria-label=\"Read about Lizzie Lewandowski (she\/her\/hers)\">\n                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LL-Headshot-for-website.png\" class=\"aspect-square object-center object-cover w-full h-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LL-Headshot-for-website.png 800w, 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She is deeply passionate about advocating for people who are incarcerated and ensuring Restore Justice has the resources to continue its vital work.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before joining Restore Justice,&nbsp;Tamala&nbsp;spent nearly five years at the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY), where she held multiple roles, including Legal &amp; Policy Program Associate, Movement Building Program Associate, and Operations &amp; Program Assistant. In these positions, she played a key role in legislative advocacy, event coordination, data management, and direct support for incarcerated individuals. She also contributed to donor tracking, budgeting, and organizational operations, ensuring smooth internal processes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tamala&nbsp;also has experience in corporate management and the pharmaceutical industry, having worked in leadership roles at Walgreens and as a pharmacy technician. 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I understand what it means to be a beacon of hope for all the guys I left behind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Selected media and writing:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Heartland Alliance:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandalliance.org\/heartland-alliance-2020-poverty-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Never Fully Free<\/a>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesouthern.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/state-senate-committee-focuses-on-drug-penalty-reform-elderly-parole\/article_34376293-6945-59c1-bfda-45669d590ce4.html?fbclid=IwAR26gOL9P8AIflH1bG2vRePvsBqf66v7h7u_8s3-4tjh5SPIwnypdk-9wnw\" target=\"_blank\">State Senate committee focuses on drug penalty reform, elderly parole<\/a>&nbsp;(2020)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/chiul.org\/2019\/12\/06\/meet-wendell-robinson-learning-to-use-the-internet-gave-him-a-new-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learning to use the internet gave Wendell Robinson a new life<\/a>&nbsp;(2019)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n                          <\/div>\n                        \n                                              <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/template>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n<section class=\"wp-block-text-banner\">\n        \n        <div class=\"lg:flex\">\n            \n                            <div class=\"bg-red px-mobile lg:px-desktop py-12 lg:pt-14 lg:w-1\/3\">\n                    <h3 class=\"text-white wysiwyg font-heading font-normal text-3xl leading-9 tracking-wide\"><p>Do you want to join the team?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            \n            <div class=\"bg-gray-light lg:w-2\/3\">\n                <div class=\"px-mobile lg:px-desktop pt-12 pb-14\">\n                    \n                                            <div class=\"max-w-[740px] wysiwyg text-navy-deep\">\n                            <p class=\"m-0\"><p>We currently have internship and volunteer opportunities and will post job openings in the future.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                    \n                    <div class=\"flex items-center pt-4\">\n                        \n                                                    <a\n  class=\"btn bg-red hover:bg-plum text-white\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restorejustice.org\/careers-internships-volunteering\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Join Our Team\">\n  Join Our Team\n      <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current ml-2 mb-px\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 15\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M4.37437 0H13.3744C13.9267 0 14.3744 0.447715 14.3744 1V10C14.3744 10.5523 13.9267 11 13.3744 11C12.8221 11 12.3744 10.5523 12.3744 10V3.41421L1.70711 14.0815C1.31658 14.472 0.683417 14.472 0.292893 14.0815C-0.0976311 13.691 -0.0976311 13.0578 0.292893 12.6673L10.9602 2H4.37437C3.82208 2 3.37437 1.55228 3.37437 1C3.37437 0.447715 3.82208 0 4.37437 0Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>  <\/a>\n                        \n                        \n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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