Hon. Patricia Schroeder

(1940 - )

Patricia Schroeder is the president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, or AAP. She left Congress undefeated in 1996, after serving in the House of Representatives for 24 years. As chair of the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, she saw the Family and Medical Leave Act and the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act to passage in 1993. A Harvard Law School graduate, she held the rank of professor at Princeton University before assuming her post at AAP. She is currently leading New Century/New Solutions, a cutting-edge think tank for the Institute for Civil Society.