Patrice Alexander Ficklin is the founding director of the CFPB’s Office
of Fair Lending & Equal Opportunity, which coordinates the Bureau’s
efforts to fulfill its responsibilities to ensure fair, equitable and
nondiscriminatory access to credit.
Her prior experience includes negotiating complex transactions and leading
teams engaged in counseling industry and consumer advocate organizations on
regulatory compliance, consumer protection, fair lending, fair housing and
fair employment.
Patrice has mediated employment discrimination claims and arbitrated individual
lending discrimination claims made by Black farmers in Pigford v. Glickman,
a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Patrice is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School.