Our Staff
Washington Corrections Ombuds Organizational Chart
OCO Director and Deputy Director
Elisabeth (she/her) serves as the Deputy Director for the Office of the Corrections Ombuds.
She has worked at legal aid and policy organizations around the country. Her previous roles include senior researcher at Community Voices at Morehouse School of Medicine, Mental Health Unit staff attorney at Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, and Equal Justice Works Americorps attorney at Legal Assistance of Western New York. Elisabeth earned her JD at Northeastern School of Law, where she was named a Public Interest Law Scholar, and her BA in Political Science at Boston University.
Contact: Elisabeth Kingsbury J.D.
Caitlin Robertson, Ph.D. (she/her), joined the OCO in early 2020 as an assistant ombuds where she worked on high-priority investigations related to severe bodily harm and staff conduct. In June 2022, Governor Inslee appointed her to lead the state agency. In addition to her work at the OCO, Caitie co-chairs the Public Safety Chapter of the United States Ombudsman Association and is a selected member of the Jail and Prison Oversight Steering Committee at the National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. Caitie has lived and worked on both sides of the mountains, and is a proud fifth-generation Pacific Northwesterner.
Robertson holds a doctorate of philosophy from Gonzaga University, a graduate certificate in justice and peace studies from the Iliff School of Theology, a teaching certificate from the Inside-Out Training Institute at Temple University, and a master's degree in conflict and dispute resolution from the University of Oregon School of Law.
Contact: Caitlin Robertson, Ph.D.
