Patricia Byrne

Patricia Byrne

Executive Dean, Harvard Divinity School
patricia byrne

Pat Byrne is the executive dean of Harvard Divinity School, responsible for the operational and financial functions of the school. Pat has served in a variety of positions in higher education administration and policy, including several years in the system president’s office of the University of Massachusetts and an assignment on the educational policy staff of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. She came to HDS in 2010 from fourteen years at Wellesley College, where she was vice president for administration and planning. She holds an undergraduate degree in religion and is an alumna of Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

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