Jeff Harris

Executive Director

Jeff Harris has been involved in The Junior Statesmen program for twenty years – as a high school student leader, program director, civic educator and mentor to students. Currently, he directs the foundation’s nationwide educational programs. Career highlights include creating the Junior State’s popular student-run Congressional simulation format and spearheading the Junior Statesmen Foundation’s urban outreach programs. Jeff has directed 14 sessions of The Junior Statesmen Summer School – month long academic programs for high school students held on the campuses of Georgetown, Stanford, Yale and other prestigious universities.

For over ten years, he has worked directly with students in Southern California to create high quality political awareness and involvement programs. Jeff runs the highly successful Symposium on Los Angeles Politics and Government and has also run programs on California and Texas state politics and government as well as overseeing a prestigious speakers program in Washington D.C.

Jeff attended University High School in Los Angeles and majored in Political Science at U.C. Berkeley where he served as founder and president of a political club and as a Senator in the student government.