Ms. Patricia (Patty) Edwards joined the Defense Board Business team in August 2023.  She currently serves as the Operations Analyst, contributing to diverse DBB operations and administrative functions. 

With an extensive background in business management spanning over 30 years, Patty possesses organization expertise overseeing all aspects of business from finance and operations to marketing and human resources.  She is able to respond efficiently and effectively to everchanging developments even when supporting others over her and she embodies a versatile skill set that makes her of true value.  

Her peers consider her a “Principle-Centered Leader” as she believes everyone is a team player.  In the power of leadership, she provides an inside-out approach to developing people as well as organizations while she inspires, encourages, and influences others' self-development by virtue of fostering teamwork and self-mastery.  As an entrepreneur, she credits Life "the school of hard knocks", as the most rewarding classroom of all and believes in leaving an establishment in better condition than when she arrived.  As a published author, she is committed to values, ethics, and a higher purpose in all that thinks, says, and does; especially when interacting with others. Her trust and belief in others build confidence and a sense of ownership amongst colleagues. 

Patty radiates positive energy and views life as both an adventure and a mission. She exemplifies this view through community service, volunteering, coaching, parenting, grandparenting, and leading a balanced life through the joys of music, writing, painting, meditation, boating, and travel.