Patrick Riccards is now in charge of communications and strategy at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, NJ.
Founded in 1945 to respond to the post-WWII shortage of college faculty, the Foundation has evolved to meet the needs of specific populations underrepresented in the academic world and to strengthen designated fields of study. It's known for programs in foreign affairs, religion, ethics, women and gender studies.
Riccards joins the organization from Collaborative Communications, where he headed the DC firm's PA practice.
Earlier, he was CEO of Connecticut Coalition for Advancement Now and executive director of the American Institutes for Research in charge of PA and communications.
Riccards has Capitol Hill experience from communications stints with the late Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Sen. Bill Bradley (NJ) and Rep. John Olver (MA).
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