Laura Harlow is in Coordinator & Director Services at Grand River Solutions. Laura has a background in civil rights, student conduct, organizational misconduct, Title IX and EEO investigations, hearings, administrative and informal resolutions, and Behavioral Intervention Team protocols.

Laura has progressive experience in both non-profit and higher education systems. Prior to working at Grand River Solutions Laura was the Dean of Students and former Director of Institutional Equity and Inclusive Excellence at IU South Bend. Laura served as the campus Deputy Title IX Coordinator and ADA Coordinator contact. She was responsible for institutional investigations, prevention efforts, and alternative resolutions for concerns of discrimination, harassment and sexual violence. Laura oversaw the campus affirmative action/equal opportunity program to ensure compliance with federal and state statutes, and executed results-oriented search and screen programs designed to increase participation of minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities. While Dean of Students, she supervised areas of Housing and Residence Life, Student Life, Student Conduct and helped create the Center for Understanding, Belonging and Experiences.

Laura is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Higher Education Administration at Indiana State University. She is a graduate of Missouri State University with her Bachelor of Science in Public Relations and Indiana University Bloomington with a Master of Science in Higher Education and Student Affairs. She was certified as an Affirmative Action Officer (CAAP) through the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity and holds a Student Affairs Law and Policy Certificate through NASPA Students Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Laura additionally worked in non-profit fraternal organizations as a Volunteer and Alumnae Coordinator and Director of Loss Prevention.