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Patrick Severson

Senior Managing Director, and Cohead of Foundation Fund, Vista Equity Partners

Patrick Severson joined Vista Equity Partners in 2013, and is co-head of the Vista Foundation Funds and sits on its investment committee. Additionally, he serves as a member of Vista’s executive committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s private equity management committee, the firm’s decision-making body for matters affecting Vista’s overall private equity platform. Severson also serves on the investment committee for VistaOne, Vista’s evergreen private equity vehicle. Severson currently sits on the boards of Assent Compliance, BetterCloud, Energy Exemplar, ESO, Granicus, Khoros, Kibo, LogicMonitor, Monetate, Naviga, Poppulo, Power Factors, Sonatype and Trintech. He was also actively involved with the firm’s investments in AGDATA, AlertMedia, ARCOS, Autotask, Bonterra, Naviga, PeopleAdmin, Regulatory DataCorp (RDC), Return Path, StarRez, TigerConnect and Wrike.

New year, new us. Same mission.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is rebranding to honor the legacy of our founder and hero, Mrs. Ethel Skakel Kennedy. From now on, we will proudly be known as the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center

While our name is changing, our mission and work remain the same. We will continue to fight injustice, advance human rights, and hold governments accountable around the world in 2026 and beyond.