Title IX, Clery Act, and Equity:
Finding Solutions in a Shifting Landscape 

• Faculty Misconduct and Its Impact on Higher Education
• New Thinking on Credibility and Reliability
• How to Conduct Hearings
• Bias in the Investigation Process in K-12
• Disparity in Discipline: Sanctions and Restorative Justice in K-12
• The Clery Act as a Framework for a 21st Century Community Based Campus Public Safety Program
• The Educational Environment Safety Continuum from K-12 to College
• "Stop stepping on my toes!" Strategies for Managing the Intersections of Clery and Title IX
• Signs of a Culture of Compliance: Top 10 elements that any IHE should have to support institution-wide Clery Compliance efforts

Speakers announced to date include:

• Elizabeth Conklin, Associate Vice President, Title IX Coordinator and ADA Coordinator at the University of Connecticut, who is responsible for overseeing each of the Office of Institutional Equity’s areas of focus, including discrimination case management, campus-wide trainings for diversity awareness and sexual harassment prevention.
• Megan Farrell, Title IX Coordinator for the Palo Alto, CA school district, who previously worked in both public and private educational institutions as university counsel, faculty, and Title IX coordinator.
• Alison Kiss, Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Title IX Coordinator at Widener University, former director of the Clery Center, and a nationally-recognized author, expert witness, trainer and speaker.
• Lida Jennings, Executive Director of Teach for America Los Angeles, who has 20 years of experience in the higher education and corporate retail sectors.
• Hillary Pettegrew, senior risk management counsel for United Educators, whose focus includes research and writing on prevention of and response to campus sexual violence.
• Scott Schneider, a prominent litigator at Husch Blackwell, as well as a sought-after advisor on Title IX, training programs, faculty hiring, promotion and tenure, and risk management within student affairs.
• Joseph Storch, associate counsel in the SUNY Office of the General Counsel and Chair of the Student Affairs Practice Group, who focuses his practice on student affairs, intellectual property, and campus safety.

From Grand River Solutions:

• Jonathan Kassa, co-founder of Grand River Solutions and most recently the director of higher education at Allied Universal.
• Cherie Scricca, co-founder of Grand River Solutions and an experienced practitioner having held leadership positions at both public and private universities for more than 20 years.
• Jody Shipper, co-founder of Grand River Solutions and a nationally-recognized subject-matter expert with more than 20 years of experience in Title IX and related fields.

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