With 30 years of leadership and management experience spanning the nonprofit, corporate, and public sectors, Pat oversees the Institute’s growth strategy – expanding to new communities and deepening impact through innovative new programs and partnerships across the country.

Pat began his career teaching at high schools in Montreal, Canada and Lawrence, Massachusetts before progressing through roles of increasing responsibility at City Year at a time of rapid growth. He then spent five years in the Corporate Social Responsibility department of the Timberland Company where he led a global team expanding employee engagement and community impact across 23 countries of operation. In 2007, he came back to the nonprofit sector joining Citizen Schools where he served as Executive Director, Massachusetts, and later Chief Operating Officer, for their national network.

Pat is an alumnus of the Institute’s Core Program in Boston and he subsequently served on faculty for a couple of years before joining the organization full time in 2018. He currently serves on the National Board of Trustees for Thrive Scholars as well as the board of his local Aikido dojo. He has previously served on the Boards at GroundWork USA, the Orchard Gardens K-8 School, and the Brookings Institution’s “Building Bridges Task Force on International Volunteering and Service.” Pat is a graduate of McGill University where he earned a BA in Political Science.