杰奎琳·帕特森（Jacqueline Patterson）是NAACP环境和气候正义计划的高级主任。自2007年以来，帕特森（Patterson）一直担任Color United妇女的协调员和联合创始人。雅克·帕特森（Jacqui Patterson）曾担任研究人员，计划经理，协调员，倡导者和激进主义者，从事妇女权利，对妇女的暴力，艾滋病毒和艾滋病，种族正义，经济正义，紧急应对以及环境和气候正义的工作。Patterson served as a Senior Women’s Rights Policy Analyst for ActionAid, Assistant Vice-President of HIV/AIDS Programs for IMA World Health, Outreach Project Associate for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Research Coordinator for Johns Hopkins University, and as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica, West Indies.

Patterson’s publications/articles include: “Equity in Resilience Building for Climate Adaptation: An Indicators Document” ”Jobs vs Health: An Unnecessary Dilemma”, “Climate Change is a Civil Rights Issue”, “Gulf Oil Drilling Disaster: Gendered Layers of Impact”, “Disasters, Climate Change Uproot Women of Color”; “And the People Shall Lead: Centralizing Frontline Community Leadership in the Movement Towards a Sustainable Planet”; “In the Eye of the Storm”, “Our Communities, Our Power”, “Fossil Fueled Foolery”, and book chapter, “Equity in Disasters: Civil and Human Rights Challenges in the Context of Emergency Events” in the book Building Community Resilience Post-Disaster.

帕特森拥有马里兰大学的社会工作硕士学位，并拥有约翰·霍普金斯大学的公共卫生硕士学位。她目前在地球伦理中心和性别气候正义基金会以及黑人世界研究所的董事会，绿色和平组织，比尔·安德森基金会（Bill Anderson Fund），人民太阳能基金会（Peoples Solar Energy Fund），董事会成立咨询委员会以及董事会成员。美国适应专业人员学会和国家黑人工人中心项目。