Parent Representation Defense Program Staff:

Gwendolyn Clegg – Program Director

Gwendolyn Clegg has dedicated the past twenty-two years of her legal career representing parents, children, legal guardians and adoptive parents involved in Oklahoma’s juvenile deprived court system.

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Claire Rogers - Managing Attorney

Claire Rogers is a career advocate for families navigating the child welfare system, and she supports family unity, family preservation, and calls for abolishment of the child welfare system.

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Priscilla Minor-Thoms – Licensed Master Social Worker Supervisor

I am the Master Level Social Work Supervisor on the Interdisciplinary Team in the Parent Representative Defense Program at Legal Services of Oklahoma.

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Laura Garrison – Parent Mentor Coordinator

Social Justice has been an important part of my family since I was a child. I can remember both my mom and dad being activist in racial/ethnic, social, environmental, and political issues my whole life. So not surprisingly, my work history has been serving others.

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Donald Cherry – Data Manager

I attended California State University, Long Beach, where I completed my undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Law.

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