Patty returns to the Board of Directors, having previously served in 1978, from 1981 to 2009, and again from 2014 to 2023. She is also an active member of several other boards, including the Aleut Corporation, Aleut International Association, the Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission, and the Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska, Inc. She also serves as the Administrator for the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Restitution Trust and continues to mentor as an Aleut Bentwood Hat and Visor instructor at various culture camps.
Patty and her husband, Dave, raised their two children, Delores and James, in Unalaska. They now divide their time between Unalaska and Anchorage.
Her term expires in 2028.