WLPP Staff
Wendy
Pollack
Director
(312) 368-3303
Wendy Pollack specializes in welfare-to-work and workforce development issues and the intersection of the welfare, child support, and other systems with domestic violence. She is editor of WomanView, the Shriver Center’s e-newsletter on developments in legal issues affecting poor women. She contributed to the drafting of the Family Violence Option in the 1996 federal welfare law. In June 2000, she received the Distinguished Volunteer Service Award from the Chicago Jobs Council. In 1997, she received the Compassion Award from Southwest Women Working Together. This award is given to individuals "who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to improving the lives of women and girls in Chicago." Before coming to the Center in May 1996, she worked on the welfare law team at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago and as one of its neighborhood staff attorneys. Before becoming a lawyer, she was a union carpenter and co-founder of Chicago Women Carpenters in 1979 and Chicago Women in Trades in 1982. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Jobs Council. Wendy is a 1989 graduate of Harvard Law School.
Shana Heller-Ogden
VISTA-Domestic Violence Outreach Worker
(312) 368-1033
Heidy Robertson
Employment and Training VISTA
(312 368-1083
Director
(312) 368-3303
Wendy Pollack specializes in welfare-to-work and workforce development issues and the intersection of the welfare, child support, and other systems with domestic violence. She is editor of WomanView, the Shriver Center’s e-newsletter on developments in legal issues affecting poor women. She contributed to the drafting of the Family Violence Option in the 1996 federal welfare law. In June 2000, she received the Distinguished Volunteer Service Award from the Chicago Jobs Council. In 1997, she received the Compassion Award from Southwest Women Working Together. This award is given to individuals "who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to improving the lives of women and girls in Chicago." Before coming to the Center in May 1996, she worked on the welfare law team at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago and as one of its neighborhood staff attorneys. Before becoming a lawyer, she was a union carpenter and co-founder of Chicago Women Carpenters in 1979 and Chicago Women in Trades in 1982. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Jobs Council. Wendy is a 1989 graduate of Harvard Law School.
Shana Heller-Ogden
VISTA-Domestic Violence Outreach Worker
(312) 368-1033
Heidy Robertson
Employment and Training VISTA
(312 368-1083
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