Patrick Langdale Hough

Patrick Langdale Hough is President and Executive Director of Elm Institute. For over a decade he has worked at the intersection of venture philanthropy, research, and cultural entrepreneuriship, directing and advising unique projects within and alongside leading research universities in the United States and United Kingdom. He has served on the governing and advisory boards of various foundations and grassroots organizations that share a fundamental desire to further deeper understandings of the human person and the common good. Flowing from these professional commitments, his intellectual interests over the years have been guided by the themes of friendship, beauty, stewardship, cultural practices and community, and transcendence.

A graduate of Princeton University in classics and medieval studies, he received his MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary.

A native of the Shoreline, Hough lives in Guilford with his wife and their six children. He is a passionate gardener, apiarist, and breeder of Icelandic sheep, and is a member of various societies of natural, historical and agricultural preservation in the town of Guilford.