Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Gov. Mike DeWine today made his first two appointments to the Wright State University board of trustees less than 24 hours after an investigation revealed the school violated state law through its nonprofit real estate corporation.
DeWine, in an exclusive interview today, told the Dayton Daily News that he is appointing Andy Platt of Xenia to a full nine-year term and Marty Grunder of Bellbrook to fill out a term vacated early by C.D. Moore. Platt will replace Anuj Goyal who is leaving the board with the end of his term this year.
“I think that changes certainly have to be made at Wright State,” DeWine said. “As I have discussed with the two new members of the board, Wright State faces several challenges.”
Platt is a managing director at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management in Beavercreek and a 2009 alumnus and former golfer at WSU. Grunder is a University of Dayton graduate and president and CEO of Grunder Landscaping Co., which he started with his brother in 1984.
Grunder’s term will expire June 30, 2024 and Platt’s will expire June 30, 2028, according to the governor’s office.
“We know that Wright State has a lot of issues,” Grunder said. “But I love Dayton, Ohio, and I love Wright State and hopefully with my 35 years of business experience … I can help get Wright State on more solid ground.”
Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine student Olivia Sneary has been selected to serve as the non-voting graduate student member of the board through June 2021.
