Lecturer About Quinn Rallins Quinn Rallins, JD, MSc, is Director of Justice, Equity, and Opportunity (JEO) and Deputy Chief of Staff for Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton. Under the JEO, created through the Governor’s Executive Order 2019-03, Rallins designs and implements policies and programs across state agencies, advises decision making across different branches of government, and co-manages six governmental agencies and boards with a total budget over $500M+ and 1000+ employees. Most significantly, Rallins has helped shepherd criminal justice and juvenile justice reform policy, advise COVID-19 relief funding priorities, and lead implementation of the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program (R3), which invests 25% of net revenue collected into communities with the highest rates of unemployment, poverty, gun violence, and incarceration. Rallins graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in Economics and International Studies magna cum laude as a Rhodes Scholar finalist, a Harvard University Galbraith Scholar, and a University of Cambridge Institute of Political and Economic Studies Scholar. He then earned a Master of Science from the University of Oxford with a degree in Comparative Social Policy. When he returned to the United States, he began community organizing and served as the Executive Director of Faith in Action in Alabama, which helped to negotiate $2B in federal stimulus funds for unemployed homeowners affected by the 2008 economic recession. Rallins then earned a Juris Doctorate as a Public Interest Law Scholar at Northeastern University. While there, he clerked for the Honorable Rogeriee Thompson, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, and Greater Boston Legal Services. For his work,he has been recognized as a Harvard Galbraith Inequality Scholar, Economic and Political Studies Scholar at Cambridge University, and is a Class of 2021 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow . For his contributions to racial equity and social justice on the local, state, and national level, Rallins has been recognized as a Harvard Galbraith Inequality Scholar, Economic and Political Studies Scholar at Cambridge University, and is a Leadership Greater Chicago Class of 2021 Fellow. Quinn serves on the Boards of Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. Contact Information qrallins@uchicago.edu Recent News More news Student Profile: Namuka Ishii, MPP Class of 2024 Thu., May 02, 2024 Student Profile: Carrie Collins, MPP Class of 2024 Tue., April 30, 2024 Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM Driving Policy Innovation in the Social Sector in India: Lunch Conversation with Luis Miranda Tue., May 07, 2024 | 12:30 PM Harris School of Public Policy (The Keller Center), Room 2112 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States