Dr. Patricia Adams is Global Head of Small Business Engagement at Equifax, Inc. She also has a Third-Party Oversight role which establishes and oversees due diligence standards to ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance requirements for Equifax’s third-party engagements. Pat developed and implemented the Equifax Small Business Engagement Program to create opportunities for small business enterprises to compete for procurement of products and services. Her background in the financial services industry includes extensive experience in Regulatory & Compliance, Vendor Risk Management, Strategic Planning, and Spend Analytics & Reporting. Pat spent most of her management career with MetLife, then worked as a Compliance Consultant for Morgan Stanley before moving to Equifax. She began her career with a national “Big 5” Public Accounting firm.
Pat holds a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) degree from Franklin University. She earned a Master of Business Administration from Hofstra University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Public Accounting from Pace University. She also earned the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and the Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) designations.
Pat co-founded the Grenada Alumni Initiative organization with a focus on providing literary resources to her native country of Grenada. She is dedicated and committed to serving underprivileged children in underserved communities and leads the initiative to source books for under-resourced elementary school students and libraries. Pat’s work has generated over 150,000 children’s leisure books for distribution in Grenada. Her focus on sharing the joy of reading, making book ownership a reality, and improving children’s literacy was the catalyst to being voted to the Board of Directors of Share the Magic Foundation. Pat serves as Chair of the Foundation’s Advisory Board and leads the effort to build a team of senior executives who serve as advocates for the Foundation’s mission, values and objectives.
