Patrick Leahy (GrEd ’09) was recently announced as the new president of Monmouth University, effective August 1, 2019. He was selected after a yearlong national search by a 17-member committee.

Dr. Leahy graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in English literature. He earned dual master’s degrees in business administration and labor relations from Cornell University, where he was a Fried Fellow, and earned his doctor of education degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009.

He is currently the president of Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Previously, he was with the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he first served as vice president of university relations before becoming executive vice president. He also taught in the business leadership honors program.