Patricia Lassiter (she/her) was born in California, raised in a military family, and has lived in Columbus, Georgia since 2000. She is a political enthusiast who specializes in Civics and Voter Protection in our struggle to provide healthy food to the hearts, minds, and bodies of all Georgians. Before returning to Georgia, she was the Executive Director of the Gainesville (Florida) Women’s Health Center, was elected to and served on the national board of the National Organization for Women and worked to include sexual orientation to the legally protected classes in Alachua County,
Florida. Patricia’s background includes volunteering and engaging in civil disobedience with ACTUP, Queer Nation, and several other feminist/civil rights groups.

A veteran of local, state, and federal electoral campaigns in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, Patricia was the Field Director for Cathy Woolard’s Atlanta 2017 Mayoral Campaign. In 2018, after a successful cycle of rural organizing in South Georgia, Patricia served as the Deputy Field Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s (DPG’s) Coordinated Campaign to elect Stacey Abrams for Governor as well as Democrats across Georgia.

Patricia is the current Vice Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s LGBTQ+ Caucus and is the C4 Board Chair of Georgia Equality, the state’s premier advocacy organization dedicated to attaining comprehensive civil rights for every Georgian. Lassiter returned to the DPG in 2020 as the Organizing Director of the Legislative Victory Fund and successfully navigated a program to create and support the largest recruitment class of state legislative candidates since Reconstruction.

Managing a thriving statewide program during a global pandemic led to her current role as the Democratic Party of Georgia’s Party Affairs Director. Georgia’s 130 + County Committees in 14
congressional districts demand management, communication, a commitment to risk taking, and a lot of empathy every day. There is nothing more gratifying than identifying and highlighting leaders in Georgia and her commitment to public service will never waver.