MacGregor Obergfell

Director, Governmental Affairs, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Washington, DC

MacGregor Obergfell serves as Director, Governmental Affairs, where his portfolio includes budget and appropriations, immigration, and higher education transparency and accountability. MacGregor is an alumnus of two land-grant institutions. He received his Bachelor’s degrees in Molecular Genetics and Psychology from The Ohio State University and his Master’s degree in Higher Education from the University of Maryland, College Park. MacGregor began his career in higher education at Ohio State University, where he worked as a Fiscal Officer in the Office of Student Life, overseeing a portion of the Student Activity Fee and ensuring proper purchasing procedures were followed by two teams. Prior to joining APLU in 2022, MacGregor was an Associate Director for Research and Congressional Education at the Postsecondary National Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., where he worked to develop and present professional development seminars on higher education issues for Congressional staff.