Bill Couch

Based in the Washington, D.C. office since April 2014, Bill Couch serves as the Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations at The Ohio State University.  

Bill is currently a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities – Council on Governmental Affairs Executive Committee.  From 2016 to 2018, he served on the Board of Directors for The Science Coalition, a group of over 60 of the nation’s largest research universities dedicated to sustaining the federal government’s investment in fundamental scientific research.

Before coming home to Ohio State, Bill coordinated federal affairs for the Miami-Dade County (FL) D.C. Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He also served as a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (FL), as a Corps Member for City Year Columbus, and on political campaigns in Ohio, Oklahoma and Florida.  A first generation college student, he earned his BA from The Ohio State University in 2003, with a major in Political Science and minor in Philosophy, and his MPA in 2006 from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, where he was awarded the Mary E. Katchmar Outstanding Public Service Award.