August E. Brunsman IV, Executive Director
[august AT secularstudents DOT org]

Brunsman is the executive director of the Secular Student Alliance.  He has served in that position since 2001, and started getting paid for it in 2004. He  also worked as a programmer for the Institute for Humanist Studies from 2001 to 2004. In 1997 he co-founded Students for Freethought at the Ohio State University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa majoring in psychology and minoring in mathematics and cognitive science in 2001.

Brunsman has served as the Secretary of the Board of the Secular Coalition for America since 2006. He is also the camp director of Camp Quest Ohio where he has volunteered since 1999. 

Lyz Liddell, Director of Campus Organizing  
[lyz AT secularstudents DOT org]
Lyz Liddell is the Director of Campus Organizing for the Secular Student Alliance.  She serves as a primary contact point for SSA affiliate groups, helps connect those groups with resources, and develops new resources for them.

She holds a BA in music and English summa cum laude from Bradley University, and a Master of Music degree in bassoon performance from the Ohio State University.  Since 2006, she has volunteered as the Editor-in-Chief for the SSA's eMpirical, and has been increasingly involved in the freethought movement since then.  Her work as editor-in-chief and campus organizer has taken her to major conferences and events held by a variety of national organizations.  Lyz is also an accomplished performing musician, specializing in classical bassoon and renaissance woodwinds.

Jesse Galef, Communications Director
[jesse AT secularstudents DOT org]

Jesse Galef is the Communications Director for the Secular Student Alliance.  Before being hired in 2010, he worked for the Secular Coalition for America and the American Humanist Association. 

Galef graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Political Science.  He was president of the nonreligious student group on campus as well as an active member of various religious organizations, including the Orthodox Christian Fellowship and Christian Apologetics of Carolina. In his spare time, he likes to read, breakdance, and play board games.