The Ohio Student Government Association — one of the nation’s largest intercollegiate student government associations — will once again be headed by a Wright State student. The organization elected Spencer Brannon, Wright State Student Government Chief of Staff, as its top executive at its semiannual conference at the Ohio Board of Regents on April 5. His election marks the fourth time in eight years, according to elections records, that a Raider has been tapped as chairman.
Brannon, a junior political science and economics student, will succeed Jonas Kiessling, also a Raider, as chairman for the upcoming year. Kiessling, who is president of the College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Student Advisory Board and previously served as the organization’s Executive Director, will graduate in April.
Brannon assumes the top spot after serving as the organization’s vice-chairman and head of its government affairs arm. Under his leadership, the organization was invited to testify before the House Higher Education Subcommittee, the first time a statewide student group has received such an honor. It also created a policy proposal for tuition and graduation guarantees that will soon be proposed before the Ohio Senate.
“OSGA is in a position to be one of the most effective student advocates in Ohio, and I am humbled and grateful that our member-institutions trust me with leading it,” said Brannon. At the conference, which featured officials from the Board of Regents and Ohio General Assembly, Brannon said he wants to strengthen intercollegiate collaboration and pursue legislative goals that give students a greater say in university governance.
OSGA is a non-profit representative association of student governments from across Ohio. It fosters collaboration between universities and advocates for student interests to policymakers at the state and federal level.
