Patricia Nicklin  
Managing Director, Share Our Strength

Patricia Nicklin is the Managing Director of Share Our Strength, the nation's leading organization working to end childhood hunger in the United States. Since its founding, Share Our Strength has raised more than $200 million to support more than 1,000 anti-hunger, anti-poverty groups worldwide. Today, its priority is to end childhood hunger in America ensuring that the nearly 14 million American children facing hunger have access to the nutritious food they need to learn, grow and thrive.

Nicklin oversees the day-to-day operations of Share Our Strength, the long-term strategic planning for the organization and all programs of the organization. Nicklin works with Share Our Strength's chefs, restaurateurs, corporate partners and leaders in the field to implement Share Our Strength initiatives such as Taste of the Nation®, Operation Frontline®, The Great American Bake Sale and cause-related marketing programs.

Prior to joining Share Our Strength, Nicklin founded and ran The Virginia Company, a national mail order, e-business and retail company specializing in Virginia-made products. Prior to The Virginia Company, Nicklin served as senior vice president of programs and planning for The Points of Light Foundation in Washington, D.C. where she was a founding staff member. From 1986 to 1991, she worked for McKinsey and Company in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices, where she focused on consumer marketing, healthcare, and communications clients. She was also Associate Publisher and co-founder of Mid-Atlantic Country Magazine and worked in advertising for the New York Times Magazine Group.

Nicklin earned her B.A in English Literature from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia's Darden School. Nicklin lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and son.

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