Keesha Mitchell

• Emailmitchell.2129@osu.edu
• Office
  Columbus, OH 43210

Keesha Mitchell, JD, has served as leader of the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) since November 2020, when she came to Ohio State from the Ohio Attorney General's Office. 

As associate vice president of OIE, Mitchell oversees the university’s efforts to ensure equal opportunity and affirmative action, and to prevent and respond to all forms of harassment, discrimination and sexual misconduct.

Mitchell has devoted much of her legal career to protecting the rights of vulnerable Ohioans. She served 21 years in the Attorney General's Office, the last 10 as chief of the health care fraud section, which polices both Medicaid and Workers’ Compensation. As director of the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, she oversaw a strike force charged with punishing and preventing abuse and neglect of nursing homes residents.