Patrick McCarthy

Patrick McCarthy is the Senior Vice President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private philanthropy dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. He oversees the Foundation's work in the areas of health, reproductive health, mental health, substance abuse, juvenile justice, education, early childhood, youth development, child welfare and income security, as well as the Foundation's Strategic Consulting Group and the direct service arm, Casey Family Services. He was the Initiative Manager for the Foundation's Mental Health Initiative for Urban Children, which promotes neighborhood-based strategies for improving the emotional well-being of kids and families.

Prior to joining the Foundation, McCarthy was Senior Program Officer at the Center for Assessment and Policy Development, where he worked with foundations, states and cities on system reform and strategic planning. He served as the Director of the Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services, Director of the Division of Program Support, and Administrator of Case Management for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, and Director of the Delaware Family Preservation Project. He taught child and family practice, research methods and statistics at the graduate schools of social work of Bryn Mawr College and the University of Southern California, and has experience as a family therapist and administrator in programs for emotionally disturbed youth and drug addicted adults.

McCarthy has a Ph.D. from the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.