Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

Organization: Prevent Blindness Texas

Degree(s): B.B.A.

Heather Patrick is the chief executive officer of HSP Services, LLC, a consulting firm that focuses on helping organizations increase revenue, build sustainability, maximize talent and capitalize on strategic partnerships. Ms. Patrick has spent more than fifteen years in the nonprofit community both as a volunteer and nonprofit executive, serving at the local, regional and national levels of healthcare nonprofits focused on impact. In previous roles, Ms. Patrick has been responsible for the design and implementation of an entire community engagement plan for a $10 million organization, development and execution of best practices for 120 Affiliates, with revenues of more than $100 million, ranging from fundraising to structure to governance, leading the development and management of community grants program portfolio that spans 2000 organizations and makes investments of $95M annually, and developing the strategy for restructuring a field network to leverage resources and improve efficiencies. In August of 2009, she was selected to participate in the Leadership Institute for Nonprofit Executives at Rice University. She is also a part of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Host Committee for the 2016 Alliance Management Institute, serves as the chair of the Delta Gamma Foundation Richard D. Shirk Family Lectureship in Healthcare Values and Ethics at the University of Houston, was a member of the 2012 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Conference planning committee, participates on the Advisory Council for the Houston Delta Gamma Foundation, and served on the Advisory Council for the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities Center for Collaborative Leadership. Ms. Patrick earned her B.B.A. from the University of Houston.