Claudia Whitman—social justice advocate, artist, and founder/CEO of the National Capital Crime Assistance Network (NCCAN)—is the driving force behind the organization’s mission. For more than twenty years, she has devoted her time entirely to helping innocent people in prison, generously donating all of her efforts to supporting individuals seeking justice. A 1963 Goucher graduate, Whitman received the 2018 Goucher College Award for Excellence in Public Service in recognition of her lifelong commitment to criminal justice reform and to creating support systems for incarcerated people and their families. She has collaborated with leading organizations including Equal Justice USA, the Innocence Project, and Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE), and has contributed to numerous publications on the death penalty and wrongful incarceration.