About Patricia

Patricia Phillips is a candidate for State Senate in Virginia. She won the Republican nomination for the 33rd State Senate district in 2007 and waged a competitive campaign as a first time candidate against incumbent Democrat Mark Herring. She garnered 43 percent of the vote, while being outspent seven to one in the campaign. Since then she was elected President of the Loudoun County Republican Women's Club, spearheaded the Ronald Reagan Lecture Series for the Loudoun County Republican Committee, and promoted the display of the American flag through the Betsy Ross project, which she created.

Prior to announcing her candidacy for State Senate in 2006, she was the Precinct Operations Chairman for the Loudoun County Republican Committee and State Director of Concerned Women for America of Virginia. She was active in the effort to pass the Virginia Marriage Amendment to the state Constitution in 2006. Patricia has lived in Sterling since 1987. She was born on June 28, 1957 in Greeley, Colorado. When she was a young child, her family moved to McLean, Virginia, where she was educated in the public school system, graduating from Langley High School in 1975.

The following fall, she enrolled at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she majored in Nutrition. While there, she participated in an intern program with the Department of Agriculture regarding the National School Lunch Program. After graduating from college, she married her High School sweetheart and worked for Fairfax County School Foodservice, serving lunches at Churchill Road, Weyanoke and Oakton Elementary schools.

Following a second temporary position at the Department of Agriculture, she founded Phillips Resources (www.phillipsresources.com), in 1985 to advise about the nutritional goals and priorities of the school nutrition programs. Her consulting experience includes networking and coalition building among diverse constituents and navigating federal, state and local laws, regulations and polices.

Phillips has been married to Christopher Phillips since 1979. They have two daughters.

Professional and Community Involvement

• American Commodity Distribution Association, member and past board member
• Capital Roundtable for Women in Foodservice, founding member
• Concerned Women for America of Virginia, steering committee member
• Omicron Nu, Home Economics Honor Society, member
• Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, member
• Loudoun Crime Commission, member and current board member
• Loudoun County Republican Committee (Sterling District Chairman)
• Loudoun County School Health Advisory Board (former chairman)
• National Association of Professional Women (member)
• Potomac Falls Anglican Church, member
• School Nutrition Association, member
• Toastmasters International, past member

Awards/Recognition

• Character Counts Award, Patriot Republican Women's Club
• Patrick Henry Award, from Governor James Gilmore
• Resource Development Award and Excellence in Leadership Award from Concerned Women for America
• Outstanding Service Award from the American Commodity Distribution Association