Christopher Patusky, J.D., M.G.A.
Vice Chair of the Board Lead Independent Director
Committees: Compensation (Chair), Nominating and Governance
Background
Mr. Patusky has more than 30 years of experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he clerked and practiced law from 1988 to 2000, focusing on litigation, intellectual property, and business startups. After receiving a master’s degree in governmental administration from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, Mr. Patusky served from 2002 to 2007 as the Executive Director and member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Patusky was the Real Estate Director for the Maryland Department of Transportation with oversight responsibility for real estate policy for all modes of transportation, service on the department's sustainability committee and implementation of the Governor's Transit Oriented Development program. Since 2012, Mr. Patusky has served as the founding principal of Patusky Associates, LLC, which serves as a personal investment vehicle, and as an executive manager of Slater Run Vineyards, LLC, his family’s farm-based vineyard and winery. Mr. Patusky received a bachelor of science in history and political science from Northwestern University.
Director Qualifications
Mr. Patusky brings to our Board extensive legal, regulatory, business, governance, financial, and international experience from his varied career. Our Board has determined that Mr. Patusky meets the financial sophistication requirements of Nasdaq’s listing standards for Audit Committee members.