Patricia Duggan
Patricia J. "Trish" Duggan (nee Hagerty) is an American glass artist and philanthropist. In 2025 she was appointed to the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by the second Trump administration. She was formerly married to Robert Duggan and is a prominant Scientologist.
Personal life
[edit]Born Patricia J. Hagerty she was married to Robert Duggan whom she met when both were students at University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] The Duggans are leading Scientologists. They divorced in 2017 and have eight children.[2][3]
She goes by "Trish."[4]
Philanthropy
[edit]In 2019 she was the top donor to causes associated with the Church of Scientology.[5]
In 2020 she became one of the top donors to groups associated with the Republican Party. In 2020 Duggan and an associated trust gave four million dollars to the Donald Trump alligned super PAC America First Action. Prior to 2020 Duggan had not been publicly active in political giving however she attended the First inauguration of Donald Trump. In the 2020 cycle Duggan also donated to Trump Victory fund and the Republican National Committee.[4]
In 2023 Duggan donated five million dollars to Donald Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc.[6]
In 2025 she was appointed to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts following a purge of Democrats from the board by President Donald Trump.[7][8][9] The new board elected Trump as their chairman.[10][11]
Art
[edit]Duggan is a serious art collector. She is also an artist practicing glass art.[10] She is the primary backer of the Imagine Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida which opened in 2018. In 2019 she proposed turning the old Clearwater City Hall building into another glass art museum called Imagine Clearwater.[5] Many of Duggan's works are on display at the Imagine Museum.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A perplexing tale about Bob Duggan, the richest Scientologist in the world « The Underground Bunker". tonyortega.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ McManus, Tracey (November 22, 2019). "The man who gave Scientology $360 million actually answered the phone". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ "Robert Duggan". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ a b DIXON, MATT. "Florida Scientologist becomes huge Trump donor". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ a b McManus, Tracey. "Scientology's top donor pitches a museum for Clearwater City Hall". tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Kamisar, Ben; Bowman, Bridget; Marquez, Alexandra. "Trump's legal woes are costing his political operation millions of dollars". nbcnews.com. NBC News. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Olmsted, Edith. "Trump Appoints Weirdest Board Ever to the Kennedy Center". newrepublic.com. The New Republic. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ More, Maggie. "Trump takes over Kennedy Center, names Lee Greenwood, Usha Vance, 12 others to board". nbcwashington.com. NBC Washington. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Jacobs, Jennifer; Watson, Kathryn. "How Trump is reshaping the Kennedy Center, moving away from "woke culture"". cbsnews.com. CBS News. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ a b Stewart, Zachary. "Story of the Week: Trump Appointed 14 New Kennedy Center Trustees. Then They Elected Him Chair". theatermania.com. Theater Mania. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Ulaby, Neda. "New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center". opb.org. OPB. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Duffy, Maggie. "Glass artworks dazzle at Imagine Museum in St. Petersburg". tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2 August 2025.