Richard H. Patterson Jr.

Richard H. Patterson, Jr. serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director.

From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Patterson served as Vice President and General Counsel for the Braille Institute of America. He is a former shareholder in the law firm of Poindexter & Doutre in Los Angeles.

Mr. Patterson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and a law degree from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas.

Mr. Patterson has served as president of the boards of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus and Young and Healthy, and as chair of the boards of Westridge School for Girls and the Episcopal Communities and Services Foundation.