Pat McGeorge was a Lutheran Missionary Nurse at Curran Lutheran Hospital in Zorzor, Lofa County, Liberia from 1970-1971. She met her husband Jim, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zorzor, while working at Curran Hospital. After returning to the United States, Pat worked as a RN in a hospital in Tucson, AZ. In 1974, Pat completed the Certificate Program for Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) and then earned a Masters’ Degree in Pediatric Nursing. Pat taught in the Nursing and Nurse Practitioner programs at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University. She has also worked in a variety of clinics for uninsured or underinsured families as a FNP and started and ran a school-based program for uninsured children. Pat also taught in the Mother Patern MSN in nursing education program in 2011, 2012 and 2014. The first class began in Fall of 2010, and the program is 18 months long.

Pat is now retired and lives in Flagstaff, AZ with her husband, Jim. She volunteers with the US Forest Service in their trails and wilderness program and in a 2nd grade class at a local elementary school.

Pat joined FOL in 1996 and was the Secretary for FOL for 4 years. Pat and her husband Jim have 2 children and 5 grandchildren.