Frank Pryor

Pryor, has been a faculty member in the Political Science Department at Villanova University since 1997, and was a 2014 appointee to Gov. He has also served as a chief of staff for an elected official in a major Northeast city.

Pryor has coached young people in the Coatesville Area Little League, at the Brandywine YMCA and at the United Sports Center in Downingtown. Carey said Pryor mentors young men in the B.R.I.D.G.E.E. program at Coatesville Area Senior High School. He is a past president of the Board of Trustees at the Coatesville Area Public Library and a volunteer for the Brandywine Health Foundation and Coatesville Youth Initiative. He’s also a member of the Regional Planning Committee for the Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce and supports the Downingtown-Thorndale Chamber of Commerce.

Education

• Master of Arts - MA Villanova University
• ABD/PhD Program Howard University
• Bachelor of Arts - BA University of Massachusetts Boston

Companies

• Assistant Teaching Professor / Department of Political Science / College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Villanova University (1997)
• 2018 Candidate for State Representative / Pennsylvania General Assembly Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2017 — 2018)
• Appointee: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf Transition Team: Higher Education Advisory Group Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2014 — 2015)
• Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor City of Boston (2011 — 2014)
• Field Representative Martin J. Walsh for Mayor (2013 — 2013)
• Field Representative Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate / Massachusetts (2012 — 2012)
• Faculty Advisor / College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Villanova University (1999 — 2011)
• Policy Advisor to the Political Director Campaign to Re-elect Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (2010 — 2010)
• Academic Advisor / Office of Academic Support / Department of Athletics Villanova University (1995 — 1997)