Patty’s role allows her to work with different colleagues on a variety of projects and assignments, some ongoing and some one-off – and always valued. Among her tasks: tenant lease reviews, lease abstracting, accounting support, market research, and idea generation, which is perhaps her greatest strength among many. Patty loves to learn, as evidenced by her fluency in five languages (basic in a sixth – and always willing to tackle a seventh!), her desire to be part of a team and to be surrounded by people from all over the world. Patty has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Lebanese American University (Beirut) and her experience includes brokerage, client liaison, and translation services in the insurance industry. In addition, Patty did budgeting and production work with the BBC World Service for program streams in Francophone and Lusophone Africa and the Middle East. Away from work, Patty loves painting, reading, traveling, and mothering her two teenage children.