Javon Gregoire is ICJIA Chief of Staff/Deputy Director. Prior to joining ICJIA, Javon served as a strategic advisor for state and private organizational leaders on lifting critical societal issues that hinder equitable treatment and creating systems that help individuals live healthy and safe lives. She also served as senior policy advisor for the IDHS Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and was deputy director of READI Chicago, a program within Heartland Alliance. During her time at READI, she was responsible for strategic leadership and planning to achieve program goals, creating business operating models that allowed for service expansion, and managing community and government relations. Additionally, Javon served as project lead for implementing Illinois’ statewide eligibility system until she was promoted to IDHS Division of Family and Community Services chief of Staff. In that role, she counseled the division director on effective operational planning for agencies within the division to enhance program policies and service delivery models for maximum community impact. Javon holds a master’s degree in professional counseling.