Stephen Patrick is executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Forum for Community Solutions. He was previously a senior program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a vice president at the Daniels Fund, and director of youth and emerging initiatives at the New Mexico Community Foundation. He is co-founder of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and spent several years leading youth programs for the San Juan Pueblo Tribe. Patrick has served on a number of boards, was a Next Generation Leadership Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, and co-chaired the New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism (AmeriCorps). In 2008, he served on the Obama transition committee.
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