Patrick takes over as new director of The SHACK

Jenn Patrick will serve in a new joint-position at The SHACK, continuing as the nonprofit’s program director in addition to taking over as executive director after David Bottom stepped down on Wednesday, Nov. 1.
Patrick was first approached to take over the CEO position at the beginning of the year. She brought a fair amount of experience to the role, having served as program director for 12 years.
“For us, Jenn was a natural first ask,” Bottom said.
The past six months have seen Patrick training with Bottom to fulfill executive director responsibilities.
“We’ve teamed up on a lot of stuff over the past 12 years, so I’m used to seeing David do it or participating in the work as well,” Patrick said. “But I am learning the things David did that I wasn’t a part of, like grant writing.”