Patty Elkus is an active philanthropist and community catalyst in San Diego with strong ties to San Francisco and Silicon Valley. She serves on Margaret Leinen’s Directors Council at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, International SeaKeepers Society “Discovery Yachts” – Co Founder, the Executive Board of Sylvia Earle’s MISSION BLUE, TBA21 Academy, (the Thyssen-Bornemiza 21 Academy’s Scientific Advisory Council), Governor for the American Polar Society, and the BLUE Ocean Film Festival Global Advisory Council. Past Board positions include Board Member of the International Seakeepers Society of which she is a Founding Member, and Founding Chair of “Women in Yachting and Ocean Advocacy”. Chosen as one of ORIGIN Magazine’s 2015 “100 Ocean Heroes”, and MODERN LUXURY/Riviera Magazine’s 2013 Altruists of the Year for her ocean advocacy, Patty’s focus is oceanographic science/the environment, marine protected areas and emerging technology. A Member National of the Explorers Club, she was a member of the Elkus/Munk Explorers Cub Flag Expedition to Cabo Pulmo, the Jackson/Elkus Explorers Club Flag Expedition to Komodo, and the SIO CMBC San Diego Coastal Expedition. Expedition travel includes Antartica, the Amazon, Galapagos, Palau, Indonesia. and French Polynesia.
Non-profit expertise in board governance, fund-development, special events. PR/Marketing and Advertising experience.
Specialties: team building, networking, event planning, board development, fund development, and identifying and achieving deliverables for non-profits.