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Patricia A. Clifford is senior vice president of Human Resources for D&B a position she has held since June 2002. In 2004 Ms. Clifford took on the additional responsibility for Team Member Communications. Ms. Clifford is a member of the company's Global Leadership Team.
Ms. Clifford also leads a key component of D&B’s Blueprint for Growth strategy Winning Culture for which she has driven significant change across the business that has resulted in improved overall performance. She led the implementation of the Company's leadership model and developed strategy and processes for goal setting performance review talent assessment recruiting and formal feedback. These Winning Culture initiatives have contributed to the achievement of the highest employee satisfaction scores and participation rate in the Company’s history.
Previously as assistant corporate secretary for D&B Ms. Clifford played a key role in both the 1998 spin-off of R.H. Donnelley Corporation and 2000 spin-off of Moody's Corporation. She was instrumental in the development of the company's first set of Corporate Governance practices as well as the restructuring of the Board committees including increasing the rigor around the functions and accountability of the Audit Committee.
Ms. Clifford joined D&B in 1990 as a member of the president’s office of the Dun & Bradstreet Business Credit Services group. Since then she has held leadership roles of increasing responsibility at D&B including assistant vice president for recognition and events.
Ms. Clifford holds a bachelor's degree in management from the University of Scranton. | 