Mr. Patten has been a member of the Board since November 2004. In 1996, Mr. Patten founded RRG, a global real estate consulting and advisory firm, and has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer since inception. RRG is an independent international consulting firm specializing in the development and implementation of enterprise-wide audit and cost control strategies that heighten operational controls, lower operating costs, increase transparency, and extend cost accountability for RRG's geographically diverse client base. From January 2024 through May 2025, Mr. Patten served on the board of directors of Core Scientific, Inc. (“Core Scientific”), a Nasdaq-listed digital asset mining and blockchain infrastructure company, as well as chairman of the board of directors and as a member of the audit committee of the board of directors of Core Scientific. Mr. Patten received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Biological Anthropology and Anatomy from the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University.
