Our Amazing Staff

Sister Terry Dodge, SSL,:  Executive Director since 1989. Crossroads, Inc.; Founding member of Women & Criminal Justice (1997), an advocacy group for incarcerated & formerly incarcerated women, founding member (2000) & area coordinator of “Get On The Bus,” yearly state-wide event which takes children to visit their mothers in prison for Mother’s Day. Member of CA Catholic Conference Restorative Justice Steering Committee, RestoreJustice.com Editorial Board, and of California Department of Corrections Gender Responsive Strategies Commission. Sister Terry was a 2007 Durfee Foundation Sabbatical recipient. In 2008, she was given the YWCA San Gabriel Valley Women of Achievement Award. Sister Terry was named a 2009-2010 Fellow with the Women’s Policy Institute of the Women’s Foundation of California and worked to end the practice of shackling pregnant incarcerated women. Sister Terry was recognized by First Lady Maria Shriver who awarded Sister Terry the 2010 Minerva Award. In March 2011, Sister Terry received the Ruby Award from local Soroptimists. In 2012, she received the Bank of America Local Hero Award.  Senator Carol Liu named Sr. Terry as her 2014 Women of the Year. Crossroads was named the 2017 Non-Profit Organization of the year by the Claremont Chamber of Commerce. Last spring, Congresswoman Judy Chu named Sr. Terry as one of her 2019 Women of the year.