We are happy to announce that Joanne Moore, the Director of Washington’s Office of Public Defense (OPD), will be our newest FJI Executive Team member. Under Joanne’s leadership OPD’s Parent Representation Program has grown into a model for providing high-quality legal representation to parents through a statewide office. Washington’s Parent Representation Program has been evaluated multiple times and has consistently shown that high-quality legal representation for parents leads to improved child welfare outcomes. In addition, Joanne is a national leader on drawing down federal funding to support high-quality legal representation. Joanne’s experience will be a great asset to the FJI community as we continue to push to meet our shared goal of ensuring that every child and every parent has access to high-quality legal representation when courts make life-changing decisions about their families.