Patty is the Coordinator for the Women's Basketball Officiating Consortium. Consortium conference members include: Big Ten, Big 12, Summit, Conference USA, Horizon League, Mid-American, Missouri Valley Conference, and the Great Lakes Valley Conference (Division II). Patty has been an NCAA Final Four official seven times. She also officiated the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, as well as six WNBA championships. Patty served as the Director of Officials for the WNBA from 2002-2004. In June of 2008, Patty was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, TN.