Germantown, MD, April 21, 2021– Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson is one of 15 appointed and elected public leaders from nine states and Washington, DC selected to participate in the Public Leaders for Inclusion Council (PLC) sponsored by America Indivisible. Brief bios of the Cohort members are available here. 
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Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson partnered with Fish and Richardson, PC  to facilitate a book discussion for their employees. This discussion group was held over the course of four weeks, exploring Isabel Richardson’s New York Times bestseller  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Caste) addressing race, systemic oppression, and white supremacy in our culture.  In Caste, Isabel Wilkerson  provides an analysis of the caste systems around the world and how they have impacted and caused harm to all involved, including those at the top. In order to move forward, examining the past and the racial structures that impede our culture is imperative.
Through the facilitated discussions, participants engaged deeply with the concepts of status, privilege, and intersectional oppression on the basis of race and socioeconomic status. 

Germantown, MD, November 5, 2020- Jade Solutions, LLC Principal Tina Patterson was included in the Arbitrators of African Descent with a U.S. Nexus list published by Nancy Thevenin, New York-based arbitrator, and Katherine Simpson, of Simpson Dispute Resolution. This guide was published in an effort to promote diversity in international arbitration. 

Germantown, MD, July 7, 2020- On June 29th the American Arbitration Association  (AAA) welcomed Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson to serve on its Panels of Distinguished Neutrals. Established in 1926, the American Arbitration Association is a not-for-profit organization in the field of alternative dispute resolution, providing services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court, and one of several arbitration organizations that administers arbitration proceedings.​ Read more

Germantown, MD, May 28, 2020– On May 13th the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) welcomed Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson to serve on its Panels of Distinguished Neutrals. Established in 1977, CPR is an independent nonprofit organization that helps prevent and resolve legal conflict more effectively and efficiently.​ Read more

Germantown, MD, April 9, 2020– On Tuesday, April 7th The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) North America Branch (NAB) confirmed that Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson was elected Vice Chair Communications. The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) is the world’s leading qualifications and professional body for dispute avoidance and dispute management. CIArb has a global network of approximately 16,000 members. The North America Branch currently has 12 chapters: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, DC.
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Germantown, MD, January 6, 2020– On Thursday, January 2nd The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) North America Branch (NAB) confirmed that Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson will serve on its Board. The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) is the world’s leading qualifications and professional body for dispute avoidance and dispute management. CIArb has a global network of approximately 16,000 members. The North America Branch currently has 12 chapters: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, DC.

Germantown, MD, December 16, 2019– On Tuesday, December 10 the Montgomery County Council confirmed Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson’s appointment to the County’s Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission. The commission will support community efforts to work with the Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to recognize the victims of lynchings in Montgomery County and help the community understand and take steps to address its own history.

Ms. Patterson will represent The Montgomery County Planning Board, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Patterson will serve a three-year term as a non-voting ex officio member appointed by the County Executive after consulting with the Office of Human Rights.

“I’m honored to be appointed to this most esteemed commission,” said Patterson. “It is our duty and responsibility to remember and make amends for the past so that we can move forward as one community.”

About Montgomery County’s Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission
The Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission was formed on January 29, 2019 with a resolution by Councilmembers Will Jawando, Craig Rice and Hans Riemer. The commission was established to support the goal of bringing the county together to promote a better understanding of our history. The commission will work with the national EJI and other stakeholders to claim and install the county’s monument commemorating three locations in Montgomery County where lynchings have been documented. The commission will also be responsible for creating and installing historical markers, collecting and displaying soil from each of the locations, and also will design programs to advance the dialogue that the monuments, historical markers and soil should foster.

About Jade Solutions, LLCJade Solutions, LLC leverages more than 20 years’ experience to provide management consulting services in the areas of proposal and grants management support, Alternative Dispute Resolution and community engagement support, as well as project management and training services to a wide range of clients. Jade Solutions has delivered workshops to businesses on behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), Montgomery County Chamber Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP), Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) Business Development Accelerator Program (BDAP), Maryland Governor's Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs. Jade Solutions is a  2019 Top100 MBE Award recipient.

Jade Solutions Principal, Ms. Tina Patterson, is a current member of the Montgomery County Planning Board and previously served as a member of the Montgomery County Human Rights Commission. For more than two decades, has been involved in advocacy, education and outreach on issues dealing with human and women’s rights. She has been a speaker and guest lecturer on various topics, including human trafficking, minority leadership, landmine removal and mediation She has been featured in several publications including the Association for Conflict Resolution‘s ACResolution magazine, the U.S. Geospatial Foundation's Trajectory magazine, as well as the George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership newsletter.
 
Jade Solutions is woman-owned, MBE/DBE/SBE, SWaM, WOSB and WBE certified.