Patricia Brown
Senior Vice President, Finance

Patricia Brown is the Senior Vice President, Finance for Aequitas. Ms. Brown served 12 years with The Standard, most recently as the Vice President of Information Technology. In this role, she had an operating budget responsibility of $45 million and a staff of more than 260. Prior to this, she was Assistant Vice President, Controller and Treasurer, directing development and management of enterprise-wide budgeting, financial planning, accounting, tax, financial reporting, cash management, and internal control policies and procedures. She was a member of the core team responsible for leading the demutualization of Standard Insurance Fund and IPO of StanCorp Financial Group, resulting in one of the earliest, quickest and most successful demutualizations within the insurance industry.

Prior to The Standard, Ms. Brown spent 11 years at Deloitte & Touche, where her most recent position was Senior Manager.

Ms. Brown is active in community affairs and currently is Immediate Past Chair, Board of Directors of the Oregon Trail Chapter, American Red Cross; Treasurer of the Timberwolf Support Organization for Tualatin High School; and Treasurer and Board member of Tualatin Fastpitch Softball Association. She previously was appointed by the Governor and served on the Board of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System for seven years, where her final position was Vice Chair.

Ms. Brown holds a B.S. degree with honors in Business Administration from Oregon State University. She is a Certified Public Accountant, and a Fellow of the Life Management Institute.