Benjamin Marrison, chief of staff for Attorney General Dave Yost, is responsible for all non-legal matters, including operations, public policy and communications.

Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, Marrison was communications director and senior adviser for Yost at the Auditor of State’s Office during Yost’s second term.

For 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, Marrison was editor of The Columbus Dispatch – the longest-serving editor in the history of the capital-city newspaper. In that role, he oversaw the newsgathering operations, managing the newspaper, its websites and related publications. He was a member of the company’s Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Operating Committee.

Before joining The Dispatch, he worked as the Statehouse bureau chief for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer and a reporter at The (Toledo) Blade.

Marrison is a graduate of Bowling Green State University. He and his wife, Ellen, have four adult children.