Patrick Ziemnik is Leader of Global Operations at Rustic Pathways and the approval authority named in its activity standards, including the exceptions on this page. He oversees Rustic Pathways country operations teams across the 38 countries where the company runs programs.
A Harvard graduate, Patrick has been with Rustic Pathways since 2012. He served as Country Director in Mongolia and Tanzania, running programs in the field before taking responsibility for the standards that govern them, and he leads training for Rustic Pathways customer-facing teams.
Before Rustic Pathways, he worked in community health as a New Sector AmeriCorps Fellow and at DotHouse Health. Read more about Patrick.
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