Brett Visger is Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Collaboration and Completion. In this role, he is focused on helping all public postsecondary institutions in Ohio increase the number and percentage of students completing meaningful postsecondary degrees and certificates. This includes developing strategies to help institutions improve completion rates, operate more systemically and implement approaches that lead to more adult students earning credentials.

Prior to this role, Brett worked as consultant on a wide variety of education and workforce alignment initiatives; clients included Jobs For the Future, Achieve, Association for Career and Technical Education, Workforce Strategy Center, CLASP, Lumina, Irvine and Ford Foundations. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Brett was Vice President, College & Career Access at KnowledgeWorks Foundation. Brett played a key role in developing the Ohio Early College High School Network, Ohio Bridges to Opportunity Initiative, and the Ohio College Access Network. Brett has a background in youth programming and college access and has worked with programs at Wesleyan University, University of Connecticut, and the Greater Washington D.C. College Information Center as well as at the National Council for Education Opportunity Associations in Washington, DC.

Visger earned a Bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in nonprofit management from George Mason University.