Patrick Gaston is a published author, Executive Coach, and is the former Chairman of the board of directors of Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc., a publicly traded company with annual revenue of approximately $10 billion during Mr. Gaston’s chairmanship. He had overseen a significant transformation of the company’s Board governance structure and its C Suite, including the CEO. He had previously served as co-chair of the company’s Compensation Committee and was formerly a member of the company’s Audit Committee. Mr. Gaston also serves on the Board of Directors of Laird Superfood and chairs its Compensation Committee. Mr. Gaston is currently President and CEO of PG Consulting, a management consulting company that assists corporations and NGOs in building Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) strategies, Strategic Planning, Private/Public Partnerships, and Philanthropic strategies. Mr. Gaston is a published author and is focused on helping others to unleash their potential to advance humanity.

Prior to this, Mr. Gaston was President of the Western Union Foundation; served as the Senior Advisor to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund; and was President of the Verizon Foundation.

Patrick serves on several national non-profit boards, including the NAACP Foundation, KidSpirit, Eden Reforestation Projects, SCOPE, and is an emeritus member of the advisory board of the US Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship.

Patrick was raised in Haiti, Montreal, Canada, and Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a B.A. in management from the University of Massachusetts and an M.B.A. from Northeastern University. Additionally, he earned an International Certificate in Business from Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Reims, France. He is fluent in French, Spanish, and English.

Patrick is married with two children and lives in the Washington, DC area.