| Greg S. Harris | |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1965 |
| Birth Place: | West Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Museum executive |
| Known For: | President of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| Alma Mater: | Temple University SUNY Oneonta |
Gregory Scott Harris (born October 8, 1965) is an American museum executive. He is currently the president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]
Harris was born West Trenton, New Jersey.[2] His family moved to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, when he was 10 years old. He graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in history in 1989, and earned a Master’s in history and museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta.[3]
Harris was a senior executive at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for 14 years. Harris co-founded the Philadelphia Record Exchange in 1985 with Jacy Webster, a notable retail outlet which specialized in hard-to-find vinyl records. He also worked in the live music business as the road manager for Ben Vaughn.[4] [5]
Harris joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (HOF) in 2008, starting out as vice president of development; he was named president and CEO in late 2012 and started those roles in 2013.[6] Harris has expanded programming at the HOF, partnering with more traditional museums such as New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2019 to create a gigantic collection of musical instruments and photographs to accompany them.[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the HOF expanded its educational outreach and put more of its programming on YouTube where they were able to reach hundreds of teachers daily.[8]
Harris was instrumental in planning an expansion of the HOF scheduled to break ground in 2022.[9]