PATRICIA GAITÁN is the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Chambers Lopez & Gaitán LLC. With over thirteen years experience in ethnic marketing and integrated communications, she is considered one of the leading Hispanic communications experts in the DC metro area. As an agency partner, she has designed and directed marketing plans and advertising campaigns for diverse clients within the corporate, non-profit, state and federal government arena and leads the strategic and tactical needs for the firm's growing social marketing and public relations division.

Patricia has supervised national multicultural outreach campaigns, media relations, social marketing initiatives, research, media placement and regional advertising accounts for clients including The Sallie Mae Fund, Outback Steakhouse, the National Education Association, Giant Food, AHOLD USA, the National Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, AARP, the U.S. Department of Education and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA). Ms. Gaitán's passion is to serve the communications needs of the Latino community by helping bridge the cultural and linguistic gaps between Hispanics and mainstream America.