Darci is on the Investigations, Hearings & Appeals Services team at Grand River Solutions. Darci also supports Grand River Solutions Darci as a Strategic Account Manager. She works with key clients across the country to identify tailored solutions that best fit their unique needs and institutional cultures and align with their strategic objectives. Her insights from over fifteen years in the fields of labor and employment, equity compliance, and higher education have provided her with in-depth knowledge of the unique complexities and opportunities of educational workplaces and campus communities.

As a consultant, Darci draws on her former experience serving in various roles including Assistant Vice President, Title IX Coordinator, Chief Civil Rights Officer, and State Senior Civil Rights Investigator as well as a labor and employment attorney. Darci is an experienced hearing officer, investigator, and senior administrator who has performed and overseen hundreds of complex student conduct and workplace hearings, determinations and investigations. In addition, she has delivered hundreds of hours of live training, presentations, as well as development, interventional and executive coaching.

Darci earned a certificate in international mediation and conflict resolution from the Erasmus Rotterdam program (IIMCR) in addition to completing leadership and executive coach training from the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI). She has worked, studied, and travelled extensively throughout Europe and West Africa.

Darci received her J.D. from the University of Oregon, her M.A. in International Policy Analysis from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (now Middlebury Institute), and her B.A. with dual majors in International Studies and Spanish from Portland State University. Darci lives in Oregon with her goofy spouse, two amazing children, and anxious but lovable chiweenie.