Clery Act Services

Jess Ettell Irvine serves as the Clery Product Manager, leading the company’s Clery Services. In this role, she provides expert guidance on compliance with the Clery Act and oversees the development and delivery of Clery-related solutions in collaboration with other Clery team members. Jess acts as a primary point of contact for clients and manages project oversight to ensure successful execution of services. She also coordinates internal procedures to enhance workflow efficiency and supports the development of new services to better assist clients in meeting Clery Act requirements. Jess is also a member of the Coordinator and Director Services Team. She serves as a Title IX Coordinator and acts as an advisor during formal resolution processes for client institutions. Across both roles, she applies a strategic approach to aligning campus policies, procedures, and operational workflows to support effective compliance and coordination. 

Before joining Grand River Solutions, Jess spent over a decade in various leadership roles in higher education. Her previous positions include Assistant Dean, Clery Compliance Coordinator, Director of Student Conduct, and both Title IX and Deputy Title IX Coordinator at several institutions. Her experience encompasses student conduct, Clery Act compliance, Title IX, prevention education, and crisis response. She has led behavioral intervention teams, chaired resolution processes, participated in emergency response teams, and developed institutional policies and protocols to streamline workflows. 

Jess has particular expertise in designing and implementing prevention education programs. She has led campus-wide initiatives focused on bystander intervention, sexual violence prevention, alcohol and drug use, mental health, and hazing. She is highly skilled at integrating policy with practice and fostering cross-functional campus teams to address safety and compliance with student well-being at the forefront of her approach. 

Jess holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from SUNY College at Brockport and a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from the University at Buffalo. 

Ashley Hull is part of the Investigation, Hearing, & Appeal Services Team at Grand River Solutions. In her current role, Ashley conducts Title IX and civil rights investigations and provides hearing, written determination, advising, and appeal services to clients. 

Ashley joined Grand River Solutions with more than 15 years of experience in higher education. In her previous role she served as the Director of Public Safety, Clery Compliance Officer, and Title IX Coordinator at Lewis-Clark State College. While there, Ashley conducted civil rights and Title IX investigations involving students, staff, and faculty. Prior to her work at Lewis-Clark State College, Ashley served as an Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator at Washington State University where she conducted investigations into allegations of discrimination, including but not limited to, sexual assault, harassment, dating/domestic violence and stalking. Before her work as a civil rights investigator, Ashley served as a campus police officer at Washington State University for nearly 10 years.  

Ashley received her bachelors’ degrees from Washington State University in criminal justice and sociology with a concentration in law and social control. She also received certificates from the University of South Florida, Muma College of Business, in diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and inclusive and ethical leadership. 

Ashley currently resides in Idaho with her spouse, five children, two cats, and one dog. 

Kevin Lineberger is a member of the Operations Team at Grand River Solutions, focusing on internal data collection and analysis. Kevin also leads Grand River Solutions’ Annual Security Report software offering, helping institutions across the country meet their compliance requirements. Additionally, Kevin provides reconciliation services of Clery crime data, manages Campus Security Authority training tracking services, and does research into emerging trends and best practices. 

Kevin has been on the Editorial Board for Campus Legal Advisor since 2020, a journal which focuses on emerging legal issues in higher education. Kevin has also published articles in the areas of Title IX, the Clery Act and Stop Campus Hazing Act, and Constitutional Policy.

Prior to joining Grand River Solutions, Kevin graduated from Stetson University College of Law with a concentration in social justice advocacy, and where he served on the editorial boards of Stetson’s Law Review and Journal of Advocacy and the Law. In his final semester, Kevin was chosen to be the sole Research Assistant for Stetson’s Diversity Initiative where he evaluated various schools’ DEI pipeline programming.

Jessica Nagle is the Director of Coordinator & Director Services at Grand River Solutions.

Before joining Grand River Solutions, Jessica served as the Title IX Coordinator at Boston University. Prior to that role, she investigated allegations of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation involving staff and faculty. She also investigated similar allegations involving students at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Before her career in higher education, Jessica conducted investigations for the Massachusetts Trial Court and mediated disputes. Additionally, she served as a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem for the Massachusetts Trial Court, representing K-12 students in matters related to special education and disability law.

Jessica has a robust background in civil rights, Title VI, Title IX, equal employment opportunity (EEO), student conduct, employment law, special education, investigations, and behavioral intervention protocols. Jessica has experience collaborating with faculty, staff, and students in both public and private higher education institutions. Jessica has extensive experience in developing and implementing sexual assault prevention initiatives and training programs, including topics related to equity matters, field programs or study abroad, and safeguarding minors on campus.

Jessica earned her Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University Law School and holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Public Policy from Suffolk University.

Dr. Darren Snyder is part of the Investigation, Hearing, & Appeal Services team at Grand River Solutions.  

Darren previously served as a team member on Moravian University’s Equal Opportunity and Title IX Coordinator and Threat Assessment team. He also worked as a Title IX and EEO investigator for Lafayette College and a decision maker for Rider University. Darren additionally served as a faculty chair for the Criminal Justice Program for Lehigh Carbon Community College, teaching for over ten years. Darren has conducted numerous in-depth Title VI, Title VII and Title IX investigations for several colleges and universities. He has also presented training on the Clery Act, professional interviewing, criminal and civil investigations, and sex-based crimes. While in his role at Moravian University, Darren assisted with the development of new investigator, sex crime prevention, consent, and mandatory reporting training. He also developed new and revised existing EEO policies. As a professor at Lehigh Carbon Community College, he served as a mentor and worked closely with the faculty union as an advisor and member. 

Prior to his work in academia and civil rights investigations, Darren served as a detective for the Easton Police Department. During this time, he was responsible for a wide range of criminal investigations ranging from sex-based crimes to homicide. Part of this role included an extensive number of interviews and training with trauma-informed processes. He also participated in numerous criminal and civil trials, thus gaining a wide range of experience in litigation. Darren also proudly served his country in the United States Army with over ten years of active duty, including tours in both Europe and the Middle East. While serving, he obtained a B.S. in Business Management and later obtained a M.S. in Justice Administration and PhD in Public Safety. 

Andrea Stagg is the Director of Consulting Services at Grand River Solutions. Andrea also serves as a training facilitator.

Andrea has served in various legal and compliance roles at public and private colleges prior to joining Grand River Solutions. As Deputy General Counsel and Director of Government Relations & Compliance at Barnard College she oversaw all legal and compliance matters. Before joining Barnard, Andrea was counsel to three colleges within the State University of New York and provided SUNY-wide Title IX compliance advice. At SUNY, Andrea co-coordinated a working group that created the policies that evolved into New York Education Law Article 129B, a groundbreaking state law providing fair and transparent practices to prevent and respond to sexual and interpersonal violence on campus. Andrea worked in federal higher education lobbying for Rutgers University before attending law school.

Andrea is an active member of the University Risk Managers and Insurance Association and the National Association of College of University Attorneys, through which she has authored several peer-reviewed publications and facilitated education sessions during conferences and webinars. Most recently, she co-wrote a chapter on the Clery Act and Title IX for  Convergence of Litigation, Policy, and Standards: Building the Informed Practitioner in Education Abroad Risk Management  (Pollard & Priebe, 2024).

In 2014, Andrea was awarded the Commissioner’s Award from the State University Police, and in 2019 she received the First Decade Award from the National Association of College and University Attorneys. She graduated from Rutgers University and The George Washington University Law School.

Joseph Storch is the Special Advisor for Grand River Solutions. In that role he advises clients on best practices in Clery Act and Title IX compliance, and works to develop new products, trainings, and resources to assist our clients in their compliance, response, and prevention efforts. Joe has provided live training to tens of thousands of higher education professionals in 30 U.S. states, furnishes technical guidance to numerous education institutions, organizations, and associations, and has twice served as an expert witness before the United States Senate (Armed Services, 2019; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 2016).

He previously served as Associate Counsel in the SUNY Office of General Counsel and Chair of the Student Affairs Practice Group. He founded the Center for Advanced Research in Reducing the Impact of Violence in Education (ARRIVE Center) and served as Principal Investigator on more than $20 million in grants and external funding. He founded and oversaw the SUNY Student Conduct Institute, which offers compliance and best practice training annually to thousands of higher education professionals engaged in response to violence and conduct violations. In 2014, Joe received the Commissioner’s Award from the State University Police for contributions to safety on campus. In 2015, he served as a technical adviser to the Office of the Governor, developing comprehensive legislation enacted in July 2015 as Article 129-B of the Education Law (also called “Enough is Enough”) and has since served as principal author on guidance issued to implement that law. That same year, the National Association of College & University Attorneys awarded him its First Decade Award. Beginning in 2016, Joe founded and oversaw the SUNY’s Got Your Back program which has provided over 125,000 comfort bags to victims and survivors of violence, while educating tens of thousands of students and community members. In 2017, the One Love Foundation recognized his work in relationship violence prevention with its Unsung Hero Award and in 2018 the Pride Center of the Capital Region awarded him its Straight But Not Narrow award. In 2020, City and State selected him as one of its 40 Under 40. Joe served as Principal Investigator of the Biennial SUNY Uniform Campus Climate Survey, one of the largest such surveys in the nation, and of the SPECTRUM conference, the nation’s largest gathering addressing violence against members of the LGBTQI+ community.

Joe is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of SUNY Oswego where he served as Vice President of the Student Association, of the University at Albany with a Masters of Public Policy, and of Cornell Law School where he served as Moot Court Board Chancellor. After graduating, he clerked for the New York State Appellate Division, 3rd Department and he currently serves as a member of that Court’s Committee on Character and Fitness. Joe served four years as Executive Editor of the Student Affairs Compliance Report & Analysis, is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of College and University Law, and is the author of more than 75 articles and book chapters in law reviews, practitioner journals, and popular media, most centering around campus safety or copyright law.