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YEO NATIONAL CONVENING 2016

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Closing Lunch Plenary
Great Room 1

KIM FOXX
Kim Foxx is an accomplished leader, prosecutor, and advocate for children and families in
Cook County. She is running to become Cook County state’s attorney to continue that work,
and to restore public faith in a criminal justice system that has failed so many families. Born
to a teenage mother who struggled to make ends meet, and raised on Chicago’s Near North
Side by her mother and grandmother, her life experience has given her a deep understanding
of the impact of crime, violence, and poverty on our communities. She began her career as
a guardian ad litem with the Cook County Public Guardian’s Office and then became an
assistant state’s attorney for Cook County, where she served for 12 years. Most recently, she
served as chief of staff for Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle, where she was
the lead architect of the criminal justice reform agenda.

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