Patti Grimes is the Executive Director of the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation. Based in Selbyville, DE
and serving the entire Delmarva Peninsula, the Foundation’s purpose is to create opportunities that
elevate the human spirit. Patti is a fierce advocate for the arts and passionately believes in the impact
that the arts can make to quality of life for residents and visitors, in addition to being a source of hope
and joy for the community. She leads the organization in building and sustaining relationships with the
communities that the Foundation serves while overseeing programming at the Freeman Arts Pavilion,
formerly known as The Freeman Stage, which has had an economic impact of $73 million for the local
community since our first performing season in 2008. Since inception, the organization has impacted
nearly 636,000 people, including over 162,000 students through the Arts in Education program. That
success is made possible by the help of our strong corps of volunteers who have served a total of 92,500
hours since 2008.

Patti is also the Executive Director of the Carl M. Freeman Foundation, a private family foundation
which provides grants and guidance to nonprofits in Sussex County, Delaware and Montgomery
County, Maryland. The Foundation, established in 1960, seeks to honor their founders’ legacies and
passions by endorsing excellence and leveraging resources. Since inception, the Foundation has granted
nearly $42 million to nearly 900 nonprofit organizations, both large and small.

Additionally, Patti also serves in leadership roles for a number of organizations across the state,
including Vice Chair for both Delaware Technical Community College and the Delaware Alliance for
Nonprofit Advancement.