Alyssa-Rae McGinn has extensive experience serving as an investigator, decision maker, hearing chair, mediator/informal resolution facilitator, and interim Title IX Coordinator, with particular expertise in applying regulatory requirements and best practices in complex matters of sexual misconduct and identity-based harassment at educational institutions. Alyssa-Rae balances a compassionate understanding of the difficulty parties face being involved in such matters with the importance of remaining compliant with relevant law and policy.
Alyssa-Rae was previously a Senior Associate at Ankura, where she and Dan Schorr established the firm’s Title IX and Civil Rights Investigations practice and grew it to assist institutions nationwide. Prior to Ankura, Alyssa-Rae was an Associate Director in Kroll’s Business Investigations & Intelligence practice, where she co-founded the Women’s Network at Kroll.
Alyssa-Rae served on the board of the Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association and has volunteered with the NYC Anti-Violence Project, East Harlem Tutorial Program, and Team Brownsville.
Alyssa-Rae holds a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University and Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts degrees in English from St. John’s University. Alyssa-Rae is certified by ATIXA as a Civil Rights Investigator and Hearing Officer/Chair, and by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and MetroWest Mediation Services as a Mediator. She is a pre-approved Sexual Misconduct Investigator for the United Educators ProResponse Expert Services Benefit.