Patricia Duff is a prominent political activist, fundraiser for philanthropic and political causes, and founder of The Common Good, a nonpartisan, nonprofit pro-democracy organization dedicated to promoting greater citizen participation in civic life and the political process. She was vice president of two top media and political strategy firms in Washington, DC, associate producer of the 1988 DNC Convention, and served on the senior staff of a Congressional investigative Committee which reopened the assassinations of Martin Luther King and President John F. Kennedy. Duff was regularly cited in major publications such as The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and, New York Times for her work in politics. She was named a “Rising Star” by the Los Angeles Times and by Esquire magazine as one of the “Women We Love” for her political efforts. She is a currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Advisors for Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and PEN America which advocates for freedom of speech, and has served on the Board of Trustees of the Library of Congress as presidential appointee. Duff also served on boards for National Public Radio, Save the Children, the National Harbor Conservancy, Lincoln Center Film Society, American Ballet Theater, Hamptons International Film Festival, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and BradyUnited on gun control.