Reginald T. Braggs, currently the Interim Executive to the President and Affirmative Action Officer for SUNY Oswego, was recently named to the Board of Directors for FOCUS Greater Syracuse.

FOCUS Greater Syracuse is a non-profit, citizen-driven organization serving Central New York that taps citizen creativity and citizen engagement to impact change in Central New York by enabling citizens, organizations and government to work together to enhance the quality of the region's lives and economic future. 

Braggs first joined SUNY Oswego as the director of its Syracuse Campus located in Clinton Square. He has a track record of connecting with and serving the Syracuse community, and actively engaged with external stakeholders to expand the Syracuse campus’ footprint and community engagement.

Braggs has worked for a number of years in higher education as a faculty member and administrator, teaching classes in university business schools nationally and internationally.  He also completed two years as an online business course instructor. As an administrator, he has served as a vice president of student affairs/dean of students, assistant dean of a school of business, director of an entrepreneurship center, and assistant vice president of community engagement at the university level as well as an executive director at a K – 12 school.  

Prior to joining SUNY Oswego, he was working at the American University of Nigeria as assistant vice president for foundation programs, leading the Chibok Girls Education Initiative.  The Initiative was designed to help the “girls” (who had been kidnapped by a terrorist group) achieve their goals to matriculate into bachelor’s degree programs in arts and sciences, business, computer science and law by providing a holistic education in support of their intellectual, social, physical, emotional, mental, and overall well-being.

FOCUS also appointed Lanessa Owens-Chaplin, director of environmental justice projects at The New York Civil Liberties Union, to its board, and welcomed back Carrie Carapella, a corporate communications senior specialist at SRC, Inc.

For more information about FOCUS Greater Syracuse, visit focussyracuse.org.