Patty Purpur de Vries

Born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Patty graduated from Red River High School in 1985 and from Stanford University in 1989 after receiving a full-athletic scholarship. She was a 9-time NCAA All-American (Shot Put and Discus) and competed at the 1988 Olympic Trials. In 1995, she founded TimeOut Services which by 2008, earned $5million in yearly revenue and employed over 100 employees. Patty and her team were instrumental in designing the original wellness programs for Google, Cisco, Yahoo!, Safeway and KLA-Tencor. In 2009, Patty sold the corporate wellness division, and trademarked Community BootCamp program, to Plus One of New York (now Optum). Patty’s awards include: The Key to the City of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Business Journal Top Women in Business, and Top 50 Influential Women of Silicon Valley. Today, Patty supports the wellness initiatives across the Stanford Enterprise, which includes: Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children’s Health and Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC).