Pat McKernan is a Chief Operating Officer for Volunteers of America Delaware Valley. In the Delaware Valley, Volunteers of America provides services to individuals in need including the homeless, individuals with intellectual disabilities, people struggling with addiction or mental illness, veterans, and people returning home from the criminal justice system. Volunteers of America Delaware Valley has more than 50 programs and nearly 500 staff. Pat has been with Volunteers of America since 1996 and is responsible for all programs and services.
Pat has been a social worker since 1990. She is President of the Reentry Coalition of New Jersey where she has served in leadership roles for more than 15 years. Pat was appointed by Governor Christie to the Board of Social Work Examiners in 2014 and is a Board Member of Volunteers of America Pennsylvania as well as PILOT Services, a non profit serving individuals with intellectual disabilities. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the New Jersey Association on Correction, on the Community Advisory Board for the Camden County Women’s Center and the Board of Directors for the New Jersey Chapter of the American Correctional Association. Pat served as a Regional Vice President of the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA) and is a Leadership NJ Graduate from 2006. She has been a Social Work Field Instructor since 1998.
She is a licensed Social Worker who received her Bachelor of Arts from Trenton State College and her Masters in Social Work from Rutgers University. She completed her Doctorate in Social Work at Rutgers University in 2018.