Patrick McIntyre serves as Chief Development & External Affairs Officer, leading Polaris’ efforts to resource its work, educate the public, and promote public policy change.
Prior to joining Polaris, Patrick spent almost 18 years in a variety of roles with United Way, including National Director of Health Policy in the United States, National Executive Officer at United Way Australia, and most recently as Senior Director of Strategy Partnerships at United Way Worldwide, where he led the network’s effort to support civil servants and contractors during the 2019-2020 US Federal Government Shutdown, and launched Ride United Last Mile Delivery in response to COVID-19 in the US.
Patrick has also played a variety of roles in international business and start-up new business development, as well as local and statewide political campaigns. He is also deeply involved in local and national gay flag football leagues, and was inducted into the NGFFL Hall of Fame in 2017.
