Patrick Rossol-Allison currently serves as Associate Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for one of the three pillars of Arizona State University, the Learning Enterprise. In his role he finds opportunities to create innovative learning solutions spanning the entire life of learners, taking them from conceptual stages to prototype to scale.
Previously, Patrick was Head of the innovative hybrid college model ASU Local. In this role he completely redesigned the university experience so that students from underserved communities could pursue over 100 bachelor’s degrees in locations across the country.
Prior as Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he invested over $30M in higher education initiatives to tackle some of the most pervasive inequities and to ensure that more students graduate from a wide range of colleges and universities in the United States. He oversaw the work of organizations including the American Institutes for Research, Harvard University, and the Aspen Institute.
Earlier in his career, Patrick created and headed the organization-wide strategy function as Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research for one of the largest community colleges in the country, Johnson County Community College. He created renown national data initiatives in the areas of student success, finance, and workforce education with over a quarter of all community colleges in the country participating. Patrick's work at JCCC was recognized and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Patrick graduated from the University of Bonn in Germany with a Master's Degree in Political Science, Modern History, and International Law, and attended Duke University as a DAAD scholar.