Director of Strategic Innovation
Jason Egli
Founder and former CEO of Integrity IT Solutions, Jason guides how CTKC uses technology to reach more people.
The people behind the second chance.
Clear Tomorrow KC is led by people who know the barriers a record creates and refuse to accept them as permanent. Meet the staff who do the work and the board that keeps us accountable to it.
Founder & CEO
Johnny Waller Jr.
Johnny founded Clear Tomorrow KC in 2024 after years of doing this work up close, most recently as Program Manager of the Clear My Record Expungement Clinic at the UMKC School of Law.
He also leads The JLW Group and JLW MediaTech, serves as a strategic advisor to Uncornered KC, and championed Kansas City Council Resolution 260346, which declared April Second Chance Month in Kansas City. A JCCC and Rockhurst University graduate, Johnny founded the Rockhurst Alumni Group of Color, still teaches leadership to Rockhurst students, and is pursuing his EdD in Education and Leadership.
Read Johnny's full storyRecord of serviceJ. Waller Jr.
- 2024Founded Clear Tomorrow KC, a 501(c)(3)
- 2026KC Council Resolution 260346: April is Second Chance Month
- AwardKansas City Everyday Hero Award
- AwardKC Equity Partner of the Year
- PriorProgram Manager, Clear My Record Expungement Clinic, UMKC School of Law
- NowStrategic advisor, Uncornered KC
- NowEdD candidate, Education and Leadership
StatusStill going
Our team
The people carrying out our work across legal relief, mental wellness, workforce, and housing.
Our board
We're rebuilding our Board of Directors to match where Clear Tomorrow KC is headed: people who will set direction, safeguard our resources, and hold us accountable to the people we serve.
Damone Cox
Program Director
KC Parks & Rec
Jeff Hughley
Senior Director, Office for Community Impact
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Children's MercyClaire Wyatt
Attorney
Wyatt Law LLC
A Kansas City trial attorney and former Jackson County assistant prosecutor, Claire practices criminal defense and expungement law.
Wyatt Law KCSeats are open.
If you care about second chances and want to help govern the work, we want to hear from you. Reach out to us directly, or connect through OnBoardKC.
Our vision
A world where second chances are real, and barriers to health, housing, employment, civic engagement and education no longer exist.
Our mission
Clear Tomorrow KC dismantles the policies, practices, and systems that create barriers to health, housing, employment, education, and civic life for justice-impacted individuals and families. We do this through policy advocacy, training, research, technology, and targeted programs.
Work alongside us.
Give your time, bring your organization to the table, or fund the work directly.
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