Patricia is Founder and CEO of Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), a for-benefit CSO that champions human rights in the mining and harvesting of raw materials found in products we use every day.

Since 2004, Patricia has worked with civil society and shareholder communities to address labor and human rights abuses. She speaks extensively on the issues of modern slavery, benchmarking, traceability, and value chains. Patricia has contributed to KnowTheChain’s benchmarking reports, OECD’s due diligence guidance for the garment sector, BCI’s forced labor task force, and ICCR’s Human Rights Leadership Group. She is spearheading RSN’s comprehensive due diligence initiative, YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced, which aims to eradicate forced labor from cotton production globally.

Prior to RSN, Patricia managed production at Gap, Inc., encouraged equitable trade for IATP, and trained women's artisan cooperatives. She has degrees from Fashion Institute of Technology, Cornell, and Thunderbird School of Global Management.