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Councilmember Greg Harris has had a successful career working in education and public policy,
including managing community and youth development organizations. Harris’s professional
background includes six years teaching at Miami University, where he also earned his MA and
PhD, serving as Program Manager for the inner-city
youth leadership development program
Public Allies/Americorps, and working as the
Executive Director of the regional citizens’ league,
Citizens for Civic Renewal (CCR). During his tenure,
CCR worked with citizens and public officials to iden-
tify solutions to some of the more pressing problems
facing the region, including school finance reform,
urban sprawl, and poverty. Since 2005, Harris has
worked as a Public Policy Officer at KnowledgeWorks
Foundation, Ohio’s largest education philanthropy.
Harris oversees strategic communications and work-
force education and economic development projects.
Harris is currently staffing the foundation’s efforts to
identify innovative strategies for Ohio to bolster edu-
cational opportunity and job training for its over 1.2
working poor.
Harris is a former Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in Ohio’s First Congressional District. In his
2004 grassroots campaign against Rep. Steve
Chabot, Harris received 116,000 votes, including
63% of the vote in the city of Cincinnati.
Harris resides in West Price Hill. He is married to Angela DuChesnault Harris, and the proud
father of two boys, Nathan Mehta Harris and Leo Harris. Harris serves on the board of the
Jewish Community Relations Council and is a member of the West Price Hill Civic Club.
including managing community and youth development organizations. Harris’s professional
background includes six years teaching at Miami University, where he also earned his MA and
PhD, serving as Program Manager for the inner-city
youth leadership development program
Public Allies/Americorps, and working as the
Executive Director of the regional citizens’ league,
Citizens for Civic Renewal (CCR). During his tenure,
CCR worked with citizens and public officials to iden-
tify solutions to some of the more pressing problems
facing the region, including school finance reform,
urban sprawl, and poverty. Since 2005, Harris has
worked as a Public Policy Officer at KnowledgeWorks
Foundation, Ohio’s largest education philanthropy.
Harris oversees strategic communications and work-
force education and economic development projects.
Harris is currently staffing the foundation’s efforts to
identify innovative strategies for Ohio to bolster edu-
cational opportunity and job training for its over 1.2
working poor.
Harris is a former Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in Ohio’s First Congressional District. In his
2004 grassroots campaign against Rep. Steve
Chabot, Harris received 116,000 votes, including
63% of the vote in the city of Cincinnati.
Harris resides in West Price Hill. He is married to Angela DuChesnault Harris, and the proud
father of two boys, Nathan Mehta Harris and Leo Harris. Harris serves on the board of the
Jewish Community Relations Council and is a member of the West Price Hill Civic Club.
About Councilmember Harris
