Kylie Patterson
Senior Advisor for Opportunity for Chips for America U.S. Department of Commerce
Kylie Patterson (she/her) serves as the Sr. Advisor for Opportunity and Inclusion for CHIPS for America, a historic investment to strengthen and revitalize U.S. manufacturing, innovation, and technological leadership. Previously, she was the Director of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, chaired by Rep. Maxine Waters. She was a key member of the policy team that codified the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, MBDA is the only federal agency tasked with promoting the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses. She was also on the team that reauthorized and extended the Paycheck Protection Program, an SBA-backed loan that helped businesses keep their workforce employed during the COVID-19 crisis. Prior to serving on Capitol Hill, Kylie spent more than 10 years directing multi-million-dollar programs, investigations, and evaluations to address racial, gender and wealth inequality at Johns Hopkins, the Pew Charitable Trusts, AFL-CIO, the City of Minneapolis and Prosperity Now. Her writing has been published by The Baltimore Sun, CNN, Blavity and HuffPost. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and African American Studies from Temple University, where she was awarded a Truman Scholarship and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.