By Monty Siekerman
What goes around, comes around...but a generation later.
When Gina Grandillo became president of the ONU student senate, it was, she said jokingly, a vindication for her dad.
Her dad, Mike, a 1979 grad, lost his run for senate president to a friend, Mark Palmer, by a mere 12 votes.
But Mike went on to big things. He is now president of Madonna University in Livonia, Mich., with about 1,000 more students than ONU.
Mark is successful, too. He its CEO and cofounder of a capital management group in Columbus.
In fact, Gina and Mark met this weekend on campus during the winter meeting of the ONU board of trustees.
Gina is a member of the board by virtue of her campus leadership, Mark has been a member of the board for several years.
Gina is a senior political science major, now looking at law schools. Last summer she worked for Sherrod Brown in Washington, D.C.
She is interested in politics because she likes to help people and meet people. Her dad was president of city council in Tiffin for several years. She enjoyed the political talk around the dining table at home.
She would like to become active in politics on the federal level.
Who knows, you may see her name on lawn signs and billboards and on the Evening News when votes are counted in the future.
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