• Title: Assistant Director, Parent and Family Relations
• Email: specht.22@osu.edu

Adam serves as Assistant Director of Parent and Family Relations, helping The Ohio State University foster meaningful relationships between Buckeye families and the institution to ensure that students from all backgrounds thrive on our campuses. Adam has worked at Ohio State since 2021, first serving as an Assistant Hall Director in Housing and Residence Education. Prior to entering the world of higher education, he worked for more than a decade as a communications and marketing professional.

A proud fourth-generation Buckeye, Adam was raised on a small family dairy farm in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He is a double alumnus of Ohio State, having received his bachelor's degree in Strategic Communication in 2009 and his master's degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs in 2023.