Presentation: Gwinnett Great Days of Service addresses specific needs in the county through volunteerism and completion of critical service projects at local non-profits, services organizations, and schools.  These projects build community support while educating citizens and leaders about outreach to the organizations around them.  I’ll cover the When? Who? And Why? Of Great Days of Service as well as three way people can be involved. 

Speaker: Pat’s career in the field of health and human services, particularly aging programs, began in 1973 and includes the positions of activity director in a nursing home, project director for an Older Americans Act nutrition program in south Texas and planner at an Area Agency on Aging in southwestern Oklahoma. From 1992-2002 she was a program supervisor in the Community Relations Unit for the Aging Services Division of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Pat also served as the project coordinator and facilitator for the Oklahoma Aging Advocacy Leadership Academy (OAALA), a training Academy that identifies and develops volunteer leaders and advocates on issues related to aging.

In 2002 Pat and her husband moved to GA where she was a consultant for AARP, The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, and the Alzheimer’s Association to name a few. She took the position of Director of Health and Human Services for Gwinnett County, the second largest county in Georgia, in 2008. The largest section under Health and Human Services is Gwinnett Senior Services.

Pat received a Master of Science Degree in Organizational Development and Leadership from the Philadelphia School of Osteopathic Medicine in the fall of 2015.

Pat lives in Lilburn with her husband, Arch, who is a minister in the Presbyterian Church, USA. They have two grown children and three precious grandchildren!