Pat Hughes Bio
Patricia (Pat) Hughes is an enthusiastic, hands-on facilitator and leadership development consultant who has worked for the past 20 years with individuals, organizations and communities to increase their leadership capacity. Pat specializes in creating safe, collaborative learning environments where people embrace innovation and reach their potential. Pat has been the principle of Trillium Leadership Consulting in Seattle since 2005. She excels at customized leadership development, facilitation, coaching and change management.
Pat is also a Senior Partner at the Center for Ethical Leadership (CEL) where she leads the national Gracious Space Initiative, providing training and facilitation to groups across the country. Gracious Space is a powerful group approach that invites diverse opinion and generates shared learning toward strategic goals. She is the primary author of the Center's best-selling book Gracious Space: A Practical Guide for Working Better Together, and primary author of Radical Collaboration with Gracious Space: From Small Openings to Profound Transformation, published in April 2011.
Pat previously served as Director of Curriculum Development for CEL, and directed the Leadership Institute in Redmond, Wash., where she earned the national Preceptor Award for innovative leadership program design from the Community Leadership Association. A former award-winning journalist, Pat continues to publish articles on the themes of leadership, adventure travel and nature.
Pat holds an M.A. in Organization Systems Renewal from Antioch University with an emphasis on sustainable community leadership, and a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from the University of New Hampshire.
Pat is an avid hiker, skier, gardener, bird watcher, kayaker and bicycle commuter. She lives in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle with her husband Roy and daughter Mei Mei.
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