Linda Harris

Linda Harris is the current Director of Youth Policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) in Washington, DC. She has more than 25 years of experience in the youth development and workforce development arena - in research, delivery, administration, and policy at the local and national level. Her work focuses on ways communities, systems, and resources can come together to create solutions at scale for "disconnected" and disadvantaged adolescents and youth in high poverty communities. She is co-chairing the Campaign for Youth - an alliance of national organizations, and also facilitated the recent start-up of the "Communities Collaborating to Reconnect Youth" (CCRY) Network. Ms. Harris has provided consulting and technical support to several communities across the country on design and implementation of workforce programs for youth and adults. She is a native of Baltimore with a B.S. in Mathematics from Morgan State University and a Masters of Science from Carnegie-Mellon University in Urban and Public Affairs.