Patricia McGuire was born on 1952 and is the 14th president of Trinity Washington University in Washington DC; she was appointed president in 1989.
15 Facts About Patricia McGuire
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Patricia McGuire is credited with successfully transitioning the institution from one that primarily served elites and was on the verge of collapse to one that primarily caters to underprivileged students, mostly local black and Hispanic women.
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Patricia McGuire was the Assistant Dean for Development and External Affairs for Georgetown University Law Center, where she was an adjunct professor of law teaching courses in tax exempt organizations.
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Patricia McGuire was project director for Georgetown's DC Street Law Project as well as a legal affairs commentator for the CBS News children's television newsmagazine 30 Minutes and Washington TV Channel 5's talk show, Panorama, hosted by Maury Povich.
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Patricia McGuire has focused on meeting the educational needs of the Washington, DC, community and today, Trinity educates more DC Public School graduates than any other private university in the city and in the nation.
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Patricia McGuire established an academic program at THEARC in Southeast Washington, making Trinity the only university to offer college degrees east of the Anacostia River in DC.
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Patricia McGuire is currently a member of the boards of directors of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Washington Hospital Center, the Washington Metropolitan Consortium of Universities, the National Defense Intelligence College, the Women's College Coalition, the UNIFI Mutual Holding Company and Acacia Life Insurance Company, and Goodwill of Greater Washington.
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Patricia McGuire is slated to join the boards of the American Council on Education and United Educators in 2008.
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Patricia McGuire serves on advisory boards and committees of the Girl Scouts of the USA of the Nation's Capital and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative of the US Department of Education.
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In 2006, Patricia McGuire served on the independent advisory panel on governance for the American Red Cross.
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In June 1998, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin appointed Patricia McGuire to serve as a member of the first-ever citizens' advisory panel on coinage, the 8-member Dollar Coin Design Advisory Committee, which recommended the image of Sacagawea for the new dollar coin.
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Patricia McGuire holds honorary doctorates from Georgetown University, the College of New Rochelle, and the College of St Elizabeth.
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Patricia McGuire has received honors and awards from the Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital, Gallaudet University, the Ignatian Solidarity Network, Ward 5 in Washington, and other civic and educational organizations.
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President Patricia McGuire has given testimony before US Senate and House committees on a range of topics in higher education.
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Patricia McGuire writes and speaks on a wide variety of topics concerning higher education and her articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Trusteeship, the LA Times and other publications.