Patricia Nash Christel

Patricia Nash Christel serves as vice president, corporate marketing and communications, and chief of staff to the CEO. Drawing on her more than 25 years of experience in corporate, nonprofit, and higher education management, she manages projects to meet customer needs, build the Navient brand, and grow the business. As chief of staff, she works with the executive leadership team to achieve company goals and deliver value for company stakeholders.

Since joining the company in 2007, she has played leadership roles to successfully roll out new products and campaigns, manage significant public affairs matters, execute major company transactions, improve the customer experience, and create impactful corporate social responsibility programs. Patricia leads Navient’s national partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to bring career and college planning resources to support equity for youth, including those from under-resourced communities.

Patricia earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Andrews University and an MBA from University of Maryland's Smith School of Business. She lives in Delaware with her family, where she is a Girl Scout volunteer leader and serves on the Delaware Business Roundtable Education Committee.