Pat was the Director of Volunteer Services and Patient Programs at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through late 2024. She started working on that effort in 2010, managing volunteer programs. Since that time, her role expanded significantly to include the peer mentor program, patient advisory councils, and the on-site and digital patient family resource centers.

Prior to joining Dana-Farber, Pat held a range of positions including co- founding and leading Bringing Yourself to Work at Wellesley College teaching emotional intelligence to educators, youth and caregivers, consulting on multiple significant family foundation philanthropic initiatives, and founding and leading a youth development program at Boston Children’s Museum. She holds a M.Ed. from Harvard University. Pat lives on Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts in a house on stilts with her husband. She has two grown sons, Max and Gabriel.