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Our Story

In 2025, Justin Patrick, Trevor Potts, and Oleksii Zahreba founded Student Affairs Group with the mission to support strong student governments. After serving in student representative and staff roles for student governments from campus to global levels, they saw firsthand the many unique challenges that students face around the world, including rising education costs, volatile job markets, and inconsistent government policies impacting student life outcomes.

Student Affairs Group seeks to help student governments address the complex challenges students face in local, national, and international settings. We do so through a combination of academic and popular research, consulting services, and innovative projects.

What we offer to our clients

Data-driven research

Our work is built on academic research and data-based analytics. We provide information about student governments and other aspects of the student experience to help students and their student governments make more informed decisions.

Cutting-edge solutions

Our ideas reflect the latest developments in student governance research. We translate this research into practical tools that help student governments to adapt to evolving student needs.

Customized strategies

Our approach to work involves an in-depth study of an institution’s culture and history to be able to offer the best strategy for an issue at hand.