Speaker Biographical Information

Andrea Stagg is an Associate Counsel at the State University of New York Office of General Counsel. Andrea provides legal counsel in a wide variety of areas to the SUNY Colleges at New Paltz, Oneonta, and Plattsburgh, and also has System-wide responsibilities in Title IX compliance, athletics, and state authorization. Prior to joining SUNY, Andrea was an Attorney Fellow at the Office of Legal Affairs at University of Maryland University College. Andrea graduated Phi Beta Kappa with high honors from Rutgers University and then worked for Rutgers Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC. She received her J.D. from The George Washington University, where she served as Vice President of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Board and was a law clerk at the Office of the Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Since the publication of the April 4, 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, Andrea has created and presented more than a dozen Title IX compliance training sessions to college and university professionals throughout the state.

Joseph Storch is an Associate Counsel at the State University of New York Office of General Counsel. In addition to comprehensive legal representation for SUNY Oswego, SUNY Cortland, Morrisville State College, and the SUNY Institute of Technology, he chairs the SUNY Student Affairs Practice Group and advises clients on compliance with the Clery Act and other campus safety obligations. Joseph graduated Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Oswego with degrees in Political Science and Rhetorical Communications and received a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. He worked as an Admissions Counselor and then attended Cornell Law School where he served as Chancellor of the Moot Court Board. After graduating, he clerked for the New York State Appellate Division, 3rd Department. He has trained hundreds of higher education professionals in Clery Act compliance, including a NACUA Virtual Seminar and the NACUA new lawyers session on Clery Act compliance, and is the author of three NACUANOTES on Clery Act obligations.