Pat Donovan has worked at UB since 1988. She spent seven years as a director or associate director of public relations in the public and private sector; ten years in radio news as a commentator and public affairs producer/moderator, for which she won several state AP awards. Pat has a joint degree in sociology and art history and has completed master’s-level work in the humanities. She has three sons and four grandsons and enjoys kayaking, hiking, cooking, reading, social activism and gardening.