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Patrick B. Reyes

President, Auburn Theological Seminary

Patrick B. Reyes is the president of Auburn Theological Seminary.  A Chicano educator, administrator and institutional strategist, he previously served as senior director of learning design at the Forum for Theological Exploration. He is author of the award-winning book "Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving to Adulthood," which Children’s Defense Fund selected as the first book for its inaugural book club in 2019. Children’s Defense Fund also recognized him in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 as a “great teacher and preacher.” 

He serves on several boards in theological and higher education, publications and the nonprofit sector, supporting the next generation of Black, Indigenous, and Chicano spiritual and cultural leaders. Learn more at www.patrickbreyes.com.

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