Patricia Sorbara has held positions at every level of provincial and federal politics, from Constituency Assistant in the Waterloo MPP constituency office, to Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer in the Office of the Premier of Ontario, and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Liberal Party. She was also the Chief Operating Officer in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa, and Deputy Campaign Director of the federal Liberal campaign in 2011. When Sorbara wasn’t working directly in politics, she was the president and CEO of Advanced Utility Systems Corporation, a company she co-founded in 1997. Sorbara holds a BA in psychology and history from the University of Guelph and an MBA from Queen’s University in Kingston. She lives in Toronto, ON.