Patrick’s bio
Patrick Auerbach is a seasoned non-profit executive and higher education administrator with nearly three decades experience leading strategic, innovative and mission-driven programs in community and institutional impact, audience building, volunteer leadership development and engagement, fundraising and constituent relations.
In December 2023, Auerbach completed a 23.5-year tenure at the University of Southern California during which he served for 11 years as Associate Senior Vice President for Alumni Relations, managing all operations of the USC Alumni Association and serving as the University’s chief alumni relations officer to engage the Trojan Family’s diverse alumni constituency of over 480,000 worldwide members. As part of his senior management role in the Division of University Advancement, he also supervised USC Associates, the University’s 2,000-member premier academic support group.
Auerbach initially joined the Trojan Family in July 2000 when he was hired by USC Athletics as the department’s first-ever Director of Women’s Basketball Operations & Marketing, managing all team operations, directing marketing and ticket sales initiatives and supporting local USC community outreach projects for the nationally renowned Women of Troy Basketball program.
Nationally, Auerbach has served in a variety of roles with both higher education advancement and intercollegiate athletics entities, including Presiding Officer of PCUAD (Association of Private College and University Alumni Directors) from 2019-2022, Member of the Commission on Alumni Relations for CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) from 2019-2022, and Member of the NCAA’s Women’s Final Four Media Coordination Committee from 2004-2012.
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