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Patty de Vries
Director of Strategy, Outreach & Innovation
BioPatty (Purpur '89') de Vries was born and raised in North Dakota. She received a full athletic scholarship to Stanford University, graduating in 1989 with a BA in Psychology. Patty became a 9-time NCAA All-American in the shot put and discus and competed in the 1988 Olympic Trials.
In 1995, Patty founded TimeOut Services, Inc., a pioneering wellness company that grew to over 100 employees and $5 million in annual revenue. Her team was instrumental in designing some of the original corporate wellness programs for leading organizations including Google, Cisco, Yahoo!, Safeway, and KLA-Tencor. In 2009, she sold the corporate wellness division and trademarked the Community BootCamp© program to Plus One of New York (now part of Optum).
Patty’s honors include the Key to the City of Grand Forks, North Dakota, *Business Journal* Top Women in Business, and recognition as one of the Top 50 Influential Women of Silicon Valley.
From 2013 to 2022, Patty supported wellness initiatives across the Stanford enterprise, including Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children's Health, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, helping to advance innovative approaches to well-being, resilience, and leadership.
Today, Patty and her husband, Greg de Vries, are the founders of Living Well USA, where they lead immersive, nature-based workshops and leadership experiences on their 4.5-acre sanctuary in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Through her work, Patty integrates practical neuroscience, mindfulness, and nature-based practices to help individuals and organizations elevate performance, strengthen psychological safety, and design lives of greater clarity, energy, and purpose.
