Patrick Gallagher, MBA

Deputy Executive Vice Chancellor, People Strategy

Patrick Gallagher, MBA, a human resources professional with more than 20 years of experience in higher education and health care sectors, is deputy executive vice chancellor for people strategy at UMass Chan Medical School.

Since 2022, Patrick has served as vice president of administrative services and chief administrative officer for Yeshiva University in New York City, the nation’s flagship Jewish university, serving a student population of more than 2,000 undergraduates and 3,500 graduate students across four campuses. There, Patrick managed several departments, including human resources, facilities management, information technology services and institutional project management.

Previously, he spent more than 11 years at Weill Cornell Medicine in Brooklyn, most recently as assistant vice provost of operations and support services.

Patrick’s career has been focused on leading initiatives to strengthen and align human resource functions with institutional goals and has worked extensively with executive leadership on matters related to total rewards and the development of data-driven, organizational performance metrics to align rewards with institutional strategies. He is deeply committed to launching initiatives that foster high-performance workplace cultures.

He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and history from Eastern Michigan University and master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School.