Patricia Benner

Patricia Benner is Do No Harm’s Vice President of Operations where she is responsible for developing and executing strategic plans to enhance operational efficiency, as well as managing and optimizing tools, technologies, and organizational procedures to serve the organization’s mission.

An operations and financial leader with 20+ years of success in nonprofit and corporate environments, Patricia’s most recent experience with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy included directing financial, human resources, and administrative functions for this nonprofit organization with 45+ full-time employees and a 50-member Board of Scholars. Patricia served on the executive leadership team contributing to long-term planning, presenting financial and operational insights to the board and senior leadership and collaborating with attorneys, CPAs, board members, and auditors to ensure regulatory compliance and alignment of multiple operational initiatives.

Patricia owns Operations Strategies, LLC, helping non-profit leaders leverage their Operations functions to serve their mission with practical solutions to finance, accounting, compliance, human resources and administrative needs.

She and her husband are natives of Michigan and enjoy being around or on the water.