Deval Patrick is Senior Partner at The Vistria Group, a private investment firm that seeks to deliver both superior financial returns and meaningful impact. Previously, he served as the David R. Gergen Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was co-director of the Center for Public Leadership from 2022 to 2024.
Prior to joining The Vistria Group, Patrick was the founder and former Managing Partner of Bain Capital Double Impact. Before that, from January 2007 to January 2015, he served as Governor of Massachusetts. He has been a senior executive in two Fortune 50 companies, a partner in two Boston law firms, and by appointment of President Bill Clinton, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the United States Justice Department. He is a Rockefeller Fellow, a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and the author of two books. Patrick earned an AB cum laude from Harvard College and a JD from Harvard Law School.