Diane B. Patrick

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Diane B. Patrick

Diane B. Patrick became a member of our Board in March 2021. Ms. Patrick is a Senior Counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP and has practiced labor and employment law for over 35 years. Prior to serving as Senior Counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP, Ms. Patrick served as a Co-Managing Partner and as a member of several committees, including the Diversity Committee, of Ropes & Gray LLP, as an Associate at O’Melveny & Myers, as an Associate at Hogan Hartson (n/k/a Hogan Lovells US LLP), as University Attorney at Harvard University, and as Director and Associate Vice President of Human Resources at Harvard University. Ms. Patrick also serves on the boards of Massachusetts General Hospital (as Co-Vice Chair, and as Chair and member of several committees, including the Nominating and Governance Committee), MassGeneralBrigham (as Chair of the United Against Racism Task Force and member of several committees, including the Committee on Institutional Conflicts), Epiphany School (as Chair of the Academic and School Life Committee and member of several other committees, including the Committee on Trustees), and WBUR-FM, a National Public Radio station (as a member of the Community Advisory Board). Ms. Patrick also served as First Lady of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts while her husband was Governor from 2007 to 2015.