Greg Harris

Greg Harris is a former DOJ official turned nonprofit executive who now leads work inside Central America’s juvenile detention centers, helping incarcerated youth rebuild their lives.

: Greg Harris is the Executive Director of Counteract International, a faith-based nonprofit working inside juvenile detention centers in Central America to help incarcerated youth transform their lives through mentorship, education, and spiritual support. Before leading Counteract, Greg served in senior leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Justice, including as Deputy Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and worked on Capitol Hill. His career spans nonprofit leadership as well as federal and state government, with a focus on juvenile justice. Today, Greg works closely with teams in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, where he has witnessed firsthand how consistent relationships and the message of the Gospel can break cycles of violence, incarceration, and despair to help young people build new futures. He is co-author of "Counteract: Walking Alongside Incarcerated Youth in Central America from Prison to Purpose", which shares powerful, real-life stories of redemption from inside juvenile detention centers and highlights a model of transformation that is restoring lives, families, and communities. Greg holds a Master of Public Administration from George Mason University