Abuse Board (USCCB National Review) Member Is Abortion Activist
Patricia ODonnell Ewers is an educational consultant whose clients include DePaul University and the Poetry Foundation. Previously, she was the fifth president of Pace University and the first woman to lead the institution, which has an enrollment of more than 13,000 men and women on five campuses in New York City and Westchester County. Prior to this position, Dr. Ewers was the Academic Vice President and a Professor of English at DePaul University in Chicago. She is a graduate of Mundelein University and Loyola University of Chicago, where she earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English. She was Trustee, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, from 1985 to 1990, and on the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands, Inc., Catholic Charities, the NYU Downtown Hospital and the NYSE Advisory Committee. Married to John L. Ewers, Dr. Ewers is the mother of two and the grandmother of two. (appointed 2004; appointed chairperson 2005)