Patrick Cahalan (District 4)

Pat has a long career in education and technology. He spent four years as the Director of Curriculum and Technology for Loyola High School. He went on to work at Caltech, and is the Manager of Technical Operations for the Computational and Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Department. Pat has taught technology classes and workshops for high school and college-level students, faculty, and staff.

Patrick has been a resident of Pasadena since 2001 and he has been involved in PUSD since his eldest child entered the school district. He served on Longfellow Elementary School Site Council from 2012 until he joined the board at PUSD, serving as Chair in his last year. He also served at the district level as a member of the District Advisory Council from 2012-2015 as Assistant Secretary, Secretary, and Vice Chair. 

He has also been involved in his neighborhood community, serving on the Bungalow Heaven Neighborhood Association Board and as Chair of the Emergency Preparedness Committee.

Patrick has a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Loyola Marymount University, a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Claremont Graduate University, and was a Ph.D. candidate in Information Systems and Technology with a research focus on designing information systems for regional‐wide disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. His two minor programs are in Public Policy and Organizational Science.

Patrick was elected to represent Trustee Area 4 in the May 2015 election.