Staff

Rich Williams Higher Education Associate 202-546-9707

Expertise

Student Organizing, Student Loan Debt, Textbook

Background

Rich Williams is the Higher Education Associate for the Student PIRG chapters.  Rich works with college students on 200 campuses across the country through the Student PIRG network. Since 2008, he has worked to represent college students both on campus and on capitol hill to the White House, Congress and the Department of Education. Rich’s expertise is in federal higher education policy including student aid, grants, loans and federal aid policy.

A 2008 graduate of Northern Arizona University, he was in student government for four years and spearheaded a project on campus working with faculty to implement strategies to lower textbook costs. As a Board Member of the Arizona Students’ Association, the statewide student representing body, he worked directly with members of the Arizona Board of Regents to promote the public college system in the Arizona state legislature. Rich worked with many Arizona legislators on programs that effect students.