[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 40 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA A. (PAT) ANDERSON--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 
                           WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 14, 2016

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Patricia A. 
(Pat) Anderson, of La Canada Flintridge, California.
   Born in Los Angeles, Pat attended West Athens Elementary School, 
George Washington School and local colleges.
   Pat became President/CEO of the La Canada Flintridge Chamber of 
Commerce and Community Association in 2003, a position she holds today. 
She oversees all aspects of the chamber, including annual events such 
as the Fiesta Days/Memorial Day Weekend festivities and parade, the 
chamber's internship program, and works closely with residents, 
businesses and city officials on local issues. Under her stellar 
leadership, both the business and residential membership expanded, the 
chamber's revenues grew, and she was responsible for creating new 
programs such as the Chamber Ambassador program. Pat's professional 
organizations include memberships in the Southern California Chamber of 
Commerce Executives, Professional Women's Networking Group, California 
Contract Cities Association, California Chamber of Commerce, and the 
Los Angeles County BizFed, of which she is a Founding Member.
   The consummate volunteer, Ms. Anderson's list of volunteer 
activities is extensive and varied. She was a member of the Palm Crest 
Elementary School PTA and the La Canada High School Drama Boosters 
Club, civic clubs such as the La Canada New Members Club and the 
Thursday Club, the La Canada Flintridge City Incorporation Committee 
and was a volunteer instructor at the Braille Institute. Also, Pat is a 
Founding Member and is active in the Canada Auxiliary of Professionals, 
and the O. Warren Hilgren Scholarship committee, is Past President and 
a current Board Member of the Paradise Valley Homeowners Association, 
and a Director of the La Canada Flintridge Coordinating Council. In 
addition, Pat is a nearly-thirty year member of the Kiwanis Club of La 
Canada, and a forty-five year member of the La Canada Congregational 
Church, where she has served as a Sunday School Teacher, Music 
Committee Member and chaired several committees. For her civic and 
professional accomplishments, Ms. Anderson has received the Kiwanis 
Club of La Canada's La Canadan of the Year Award, the Les Tupper 
Community Service Award, Business Life Magazine's Woman Achiever 2012 
Award, and was named Woman of the Year for the 44th Assembly District 
in 2010 by then-Assemblyman Anthony Portantino.
   A forty-five year resident of La Canada Flintridge, Pat and her late 
husband, Rev. Philip Longfellow Anderson, were married for twenty years 
before his passing in 2003, and have one daughter, Katherine.
   I ask all Members to join me in honoring an exceptional woman of 
California's 28th Congressional District, Patricia A. (Pat) Anderson, 
for her extraordinary service to the community.

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