Pat started out as a clinical therapist specializing in child, family, and marital issues. During his career he has been Executive Director of the Free Congress Foundation, a Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS, the Senior Fellow on Family and Culture at the Heritage Foundation, then as founder and director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI). Pat is the Founding Content Fellow at FORGE, and primary author of FORGE’s first course, “Fathers and Sons.” Pat and his wife Theresa live in Virginia. They have eight children and eighteen grandchildren.