Patrick Rossol-Allison

Patrick Rossol-Allison is associate vice president at Arizona State University where he played a key role in the creation and rapid expansion of the Learning Enterprise, which broadens access to education in K-12, college pathways, career and professional learning, and global education. Patrick’s role has been to cultivate partnerships, develop strategy, and run strategic initiatives to secure and execute over $35M+ in investments to grow the organization.

Prior as Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he invested over $30M in higher education initiatives. He oversaw relationships and investments including those of the Aspen Institute, Harvard University and the American Institutes for Research.

Earlier in his career, Patrick was in the chief strategy officer position at one of the largest community colleges in the country at Johnson County Community College in Kansas. He created a renowned national benchmark initiative with over a quarter of all community colleges in the country participating.

Patrick holds an MA in Political Science, Modern History, and Public Law from the University of Bonn in Germany. He attended Duke University as a national German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholar. He has been national advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, the Association for Institutional Research, NACUBO and NASPA.

Patrick is a first-generation immigrant who grew up in Germany, Canada, and Costa Rica and is fluent in English, Spanish and German.

City: Seattle, Washington