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Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations and Educational Policy

HayesPatricia V. Hayes

Patricia V. Hayes began as Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations and Educational Policy at the Texas State University System Office in September 2006.  In this role, Ms. Hayes serves as the primary liaison to the Texas Legislature and other state agencies for the TSUS Board of Regents, the System and its component institutions.

Prior to joining TSUS, Ms. Hayes served as the Associate Commissioner for Educator Quality and P-16 Initiatives at the Texas Education Agency where she directed all aspects of educator quality in the state as well as coordinated educational policy efforts between Pre-K to 12 public education and higher education entities. Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Hayes served as the director of the P-16 Coordination Office within TEA. 

Ms. Hayes has served as governmental relations officer and legal counsel for the private colleges and universities in the state. She has also been a staff attorney and legislative liaison for classroom teachers in the K-12 arena. 

Ms. Hayes has served the state in a variety of capacities including, as a Legal Intern in the Office of the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and as Director of the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education.  Her most recent position in the Legislature was as the Special Assistant for Education to former Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff.

A licensed attorney, Ms. Hayes earned her bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin and her law degree from the George McConnell School of Law at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.