Madeleine joined CAASE in 2018. She leads CAASE’s policy advocacy against sexual harm and the root causes of sexual harm at the local and state level, which includes improving law enforcement’s response towards survivors of rape and the commercial sex trade in Chicago, advocating for increased options like restorative justice for survivors, victims’ rights, criminal justice reform, among other issues.

Before working at CAASE, she was a government and investigative reporter at USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin in Appleton, WI, and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism in Madison, WI, where she covered the 2016 elections, Wisconsin’s rape evidence kit backlog, electronic monitoring of formerly incarcerated people on the sex offender registry, and more.

Originally from the Chicago suburbs, Madeleine is a graduate of DePaul University’s School of Public Service with a master’s degree in public policy. She is also a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and legal studies.