Title: Director
Firm: Wells Fargo Bank
Age: 38
Making an impact is important to Patrice Mitchell.
At Wells Fargo, she has worked on affordable housing projects, including a Washington, D.C.-based housing project that had been abandoned for 10 years prior to the financing.
"We were able to attend the groundbreaking, so that was a great moment to see how people were able to come back," she said, adding those included residents who had left a decade ago.
"I was able to see a project really kind of revitalize a community that's important to me," Patrice said.
For her, it's important to build and have sustainable affordable housing, especially in underserved communities.
"I'm passionate about this work because I feel like the small part that I play in affordable housing is one that does change communities," she said.
"As a director at Wells Fargo, Patrice brings her prodigious talents to bear, financing safe and affordable housing that creates thriving communities," said Kent Neumann, Allison King and Lauren Marcus of law firm Tiber Hudson.
Her efforts have helped create thousands of affordable housing units across the country.
"Her commitment to the community drives her desire to facilitate collaborations where all participants benefit, particularly those in the communities served by the affordable housing projects Patrice helps create," they said.
Patrice began her affordable housing career at UBS Financial Services and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC before joining the nonprofit Sponsors for Educational Opportunity. She earned her master's degree from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. From there, she worked with Planned Parenthood Federation of America before joining Wells Fargo in July 2019.
