Garry A. Harris is the President of Sustainability Solutions Group and Institute (SSG&I), an advisory and consulting firm that provides diverse sustainability, energy engineering, and community development services. The SSG&I consists of two organizations' Center for Sustainable Communities, a non-profit dedicated to making communities cleaner, greener, healthier, safer and more climate resilient, and HTS Enterprises, an energy engineering, policy, research and education organization. Mr. Harris has worked for more than three decades in the energy and environmental field including clean energy, transportation, resilience, sustainable cities, environmental and climate justice, affordable housing, community revitalization, economic and work force development.

Mr. Harris received his B.S. In Nuclear Engineering from the University of Virginia and also holds an MS, Technology Management and an MS, Quality Systems Engineering from Kennesaw State University, as well as an MS, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management from Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition, Mr. Harris has earned more a dozen industry recognized professional certifications and credentials in clean energy, sustainability, quality assurance and control, engineering, and environmental justice including ERS RATER, ECO District AP, RESNET HERS Rate Six Sigma Black Belt among others. Mr. Harris is a graduate of the 2009 Class of Leadership Atlanta; 2013 Class of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership; and 2014 Class of Regional Leadership Institute.

Mr. Harris as founder and leads a BIPOC community-based organization with a mission of building a more Just, Resilient, Equitable and Resilient World for All.   Mr. Harris is a co-founder of the National Environmental Justice Institute (NEJI) located in Atlanta GA. He is a graduate of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Justice Academy. Mr.  Harris has worked to create, advance and sustain nearly a dozen organizations dedicated to equity and environmental justice.