Patti Shwayder

Patti serves as AIR’s Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, which includes AIR’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Since she joined in 2002, she has spearheaded the Company’s work with elected officials, government and community partners, redevelopment zoning and entitlement efforts nationwide, and developed and directed the Company’s philanthropic programs. She also leads the Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety Departments. Prior to joining Aimco, AIR’s predecessor, she was Executive Director/CEO of the National Stroke Association and Interim Executive Vice President of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Patti served in the cabinet of Colorado Governor Roy Romer as executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the first non-MD to do so after a law was changed to allow her appointment. Earlier in her career she held leadership roles with members of Congress in both the U.S. House and Senate.