Patty Freeman-Lynde has been the executive director since 2004 of the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Athens, an alliance of area congregations dedicated to helping homeless families. She holds a bachelor's degree from Middlebury College and a Master's in Social Work from the University of Georgia. Patty ran her own computer instruction business from 1998 to 2001. She worked at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia from 2001-2004, where she also used the ODB software.