Michael Harris

Michael Harris is the Deputy Director of the BI. He is responsible for DMC work at BI sites and supervising program managers and staff.

Michael was previously Assistant Director and Staff Attorney of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked on a wide range of issues affecting the African American community, particularly juvenile justice and education. While at LCCR he also represented clients in cases involving environmental justice, employment discrimination, housing discrimination, community economic development, redistricting, and retail discrimination.

He has served as an adjunct professor at Golden Gate Law School in Appellate Advocacy and on the boards of several nonprofits related to at-risk youth, environmental justice, affordable housing, discrimination testing and philanthropy.

Phone: 415-321-4100 x105
Fax: 415-321-4140
Email: mharris@burnsinstitute.org