Patricia Conner is a Francophone and Francophile American who has lived and worked in France for over 17yrs+. France has always been the center of her business and cultural activities. Her background is working in the legal, import/export and logistics of small to medium size European and American companies. Her work title in the USA has been European Trade Manager for Hankyu (Japanese company), Panalpina (Swiss)and SDV (French) while living in San Diego. She has worked for Destination France, Novotour (Accor) and ICC while in Paris. She also speaks French and German.

She has obtained a teaching degree from the University of Arizona, MBA in International Business from the Frei University of Berlin, and legal degree from the University of Paris. She understands the SDFACC is principally here to help French companies and French ex-pats but also to help French make the transition to the USA in business, immigration and personal matters. There is a difference and having lived this difference on a professional and personal level has made her a strong advocate of increasing membership and communication with both cultures on the same platform, i.e SDFACC.