Patricia Maguire

Patricia is a Senior Policy Associate with CSW’s Trauma and Resilience at Work team. The CSW Trauma and Resilience at Work team advances workplaces and workforces that are culturally responsive, trauma-informed, resilience-building, and supportive of mental well-being. CSW works with partners and stakeholders to reduce the stigma of trauma and mental health in workforce development and the workplace; educate employees at all levels within organizations on trauma, resilience, and mental health; advance trauma-informed, resilience-building, and mental health supportive organizations and companies; and promote policies and systems that codify and sustain this work.

Patricia has over fifteen years of experience in workforce development in various roles including as a funder, direct service provider, employer, capacity builder, and technical assistance provider. In her primary role at CSW, Patricia is supporting our deepened focus in trauma and resilience and will help lead an initiative with the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Association to help the workforce system better leverage student financial aid.

Most recently, as an Associate Director at Jobs for the Future (JFF), her projects focused on inclusive apprenticeship and work-based learning models.  Her portfolio at JFF and in prior roles has included strategic planning, leadership, implementation, training, and fiscal and project management for a variety of workforce development communities of practice, funders, and technical assistance efforts.  Prior to JFF, Patricia managed the Commonwealth Workforce Coalition (CWC), a statewide capacity building program providing training, professional development, and peer learning opportunities for workforce staff.  Patricia was also a Program Officer at SkillWorks at the Boston Foundation, a workforce funding collaborative. Her first workforce role was as an employment coordinator in a supported work program for adults with mental illness.

Patricia received her Master of Social Work degree from Boston College and a bachelor’s degree in English and Sociology from the College of the Holy Cross.