Chris Harris serves as on the Coordinator & Director Services Team at Grand River Solutions. He brings more than a decade of experience in civil rights compliance, Title IX, workplace investigations, policy development, and higher education case management. His work has focused on sensitive and complex matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, hostile environment concerns, pregnancy and parenting protections, workplace accommodations, and related institutional policy issues. 

Before joining Grand River Solutions, Chris served as Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Sex, Pregnancy & Parenting at the University of Michigan, where he advised institutional partners on matters involving Title IX, Title VII, the ADA, FMLA, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and related policy obligations. He also served as Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Michigan Medicine, supporting intake, assessment, documentation, and resolution of employee misconduct and civil rights matters in a large academic medical setting. 

Previously, Chris served as Title IX Coordinator at Penn State University, where he led Title IX compliance efforts across the university’s twenty-four campuses. In that role, he directed civil rights and workplace investigation functions, reviewed reports involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and related policy concerns, and advised institutional partners on Title IX and related compliance issues. He also served as a Civil Rights & Title IX Specialist, conducting fact-finding investigations, interviewing parties, and witnesses, reviewing evidence, preparing written summaries and determinations, and collaborating with HR, legal, labor relations, and institutional leadership. 

Chris’s approach centers on fairness, clarity, thorough documentation, practical risk assessment, and sound procedures. He helps institutions identify process gaps, strengthen compliance practices, create training and educational resources, and respond to sensitive matters consistently and thoughtfully. 

Chris earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, his Master of Arts in History from Shippensburg University, and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania.