Services & Products
Title IX & Equity
Policy and Process
We work with you to review your policies and procedures relative to state, federal law, and tribal law to minimize conflicts between college policies and procedures and to promote general best practices. After identifying any gaps, we develop a detailed list of recommendations for implementation that is specifically designed for each campus or workplace.
Resolutions
Our experienced professionals are available to serve as facilitators of informal or alternative resolutions, investigators, decision-makers, hearing officers, chairs, panel members, or appellate officers.
Outsourced Roles & Support
You can delegate all your Title IX & Equity needs on an interim or ongoing basis. We work with schools that need long-term support, as well as those who are experiencing short-term gaps in staff.
Consulting & Coaching
We provide a broad range of Title IX & Equity consulting services to support schools in achieving their compliance and campus-wide goals. We work with the President, the Title IX Coordinator and staff to address and resolve harassment and discrimination issues or meet complex compliance needs.
Collectives
Grand River Solutions enables collective cost sharing partnerships with other schools to ease the financial burden of Title IX & Equity compliance.
Resources
THE RIVER CONNECT is a virtual community of experts and colleagues featuring a live feed, educational events, forums, templates and on-demand answers to all your specific questions.
Training
We provide live or virtual training on all facets of Title IX, Equity, and Safety matters. You can customize your training, take select classes or bundle a series.
MAP OF TITLE IX & EQUITY SOLUTIONS
LaNell Shirley
Title IX & Civil Rights Investigator, Hearings & Appeals Officer
A member of the Navajo (Diné) Nation, LaNell Shirley is a Title IX & Civil Rights investigator at Grand River Solutions with extensive experience from serving as a senior investigator at multiple California universities. She was responsible for investigating university complaints involving discrimination and harassment based on protected classes for faculty and staff. LaNell also served as the complaint resolution officer at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California (USC) where she conducted Title IX investigations for student and faculty populations. In addition to her investigation responsibilities and heavy caseload, LaNell helped establish the procedural framework and report writing standards governing investigation for UCLA and assisted with outreach, training, and programming for the broader campus community. Her investigation reports have been used as model templates for the UC system. LaNell served as an attorney with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Legal Services Office where she focused primarily in the area of family law in both state and tribal courts. She also served as the communications coordinator for The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development.
