The Obama Foundation recently announced that Deval Patrick, former Governor of Massachusetts, will join President Barack Obama?s post-presidential organization: the Obama Foundation.?
?Barack Obama will be remembered as a president who led us well through turbulent times with wisdom, equanimity and grace. I am honored to be part of the foundation that will continue that legacy. And as a former South Sider, I am thrilled to participate in the development of a Foundation and Presidential Center in my old neighborhood,? Patrick said in a statement quoted on the Foundation?s website.?
Other board members include David Plouffe, John Rogers, Julianna Smoot, Thelma Golden and Maya Soetero-Ng, among others.
The author of two books, Patrick currently serves as Managing Director of Bain Capital Double Impact. A Rockefeller Fellow and a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Patrick is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
