Patrice Forbes

“As a parent and professional, I am honored to serve SRC’s mission to transform early learning and affirm children’s right to thrive. I often remind myself that I am not only raising my children, but I am raising the parents of my grandchildren, and they all deserve an opportunity to reach their full potential from the beginning of their lives. I’m especially proud to lend my professional skills to a passionate team with an unwavering commitment to creating solutions that center children and racial equity.”

Patrice is an innovator and strategist who is responsible for leading the design and implementation of SRC’s communications strategy and engagement. With a decade of marketing and communications experience, she has worked within the trade association, non-profit, and small business sectors and her experience ranges from leading brand strategies to managing nonprofit partnerships with organizations like Make-A-WishⓇ. She has dedicated her career to connecting small businesses and non-profit-based organizations with their target audiences through a mix of corporate strategies and grassroots marketing. She is passionate about collaborative strategy development and brand awareness campaigns and thrives when identifying emerging market opportunities and producing high-class content.

Patrice obtained her undergraduate degree in Business Management from Bowie State University and has continued graduate-level coursework at the University of Virginia.