Patricia Duff founded The Common Good in 2007, with a goal of bringing together major policy leaders in government and authoritative figures in business, media, journalism and academia, to speak candidly on the most important issues of today. These conversations are meant to provide ideas and information, encourage citizen participation, and find common ground. The Common Good is rooted in Show Coalition, an influential, entertainment based organization which she and others started in 1988. Patricia’s work has spanned the entertainment and political worlds. She worked as vice president for two of the country’s leading political strategy and consulting firms in Washington D.C., and has lent her energy and expertise to dozens of political races across the country, including several Presidential election efforts.
Patricia also served on the Congressional investigative committee that reexamined the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. She had her own political talk show on television, has led women’s outreach for political campaign efforts, and has served on a number of boards, including the Library of Congress Board of Trustees, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service Board of Advisors, and the board of the Lincoln Center Film Society. Duff is a member of the Economic Club and the Council on Foreign Relations.