Patricia Pierce

Pat Pierce retired from Vanderbilt University in 2007 after a career of almost thirty years as the Senior Director of the Opportunity Development Center (ODC).  She served on the Board of Commissioners of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission and was elected three years as Board Chair. Currently she serves as a member of the Economic Council Foundation Board, is a Board member of the Nashville Sports Council where she served on the Legacy Committee for the 2014 Women’s Final Four basketball tournament, and is Board member Emeritus for ATHENA International.  Pat also serves on the National Women's History Alliance Board, the TN Woman Suffrage Monument Board, Suffrage Coalition Advisory Board and is a Vision 2020 National Delegate.  Pat has a BS degree from the University of Tennessee in 1973.  She played basketball at UT in 1968 under Joan Cronan.