Pat Sterner

Patricia Brownell Sterner is Principal and CEO of JFB and Associates LLC, a consulting firm providing services for cooperatives, non-profits, and foundations established in 2002. Ms. Sterner brings more than 40 years of experience working with non profits and foundations, managing organizations and providing consulting services in the areas of governance, fundraising, program development, strategic planning, and organizational development.

Previous to establishing JFB and Associates, Sterner served as Executive Director of the National Credit Union Foundation, the charitable development arm for the national credit union industry. She has held other executive positions over her career, including Managing Director of the Center for Women’s Health Research at the University of Colorado where she led the board in raising funds to endow the Center’s first Chair. She received a faculty appointment during her tenure at the Center.

Ms. Sterner has a deep passion for supporting the work of environmental non profits, providing services to the National Park Trust and the Lake Earle Conservation Trust among others. Her work with Minnesota Point 50 (MP 50) strikes close to home as she lives in the family home on Park Point.

“My family believes our greatest responsibility lies in the stewardship of the environment, including the community around us. We are so fortunate to live on this extraordinary sandbar, and I am dedicated to continuing our 60+ year legacy of its stewardship through MP50.”

In addition to chairing the MP 50 Board Ms. Sterner serves on the national boards of the Furies Foundation and the FoolProof Foundation. She is a member of the City of Duluth’s Community Development Commission which oversees the distribution of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding.