Dave Patel

Dave Patel is Associate Dean for Student and External Affairs for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. He is also executive director of the Huntsman Scholar Program. He previously worked as Director of Development at USU. Dave served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs as Director for National Operations and was deployed to Iraq in 2003 to evaluate home-front impact of Reserve mobilization. In his role, he worked to enhance the partnership between Guard and Reserve members, their employers, and the Department of Defense. He is a USU graduate.