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On January 9, 2009, Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Brister her to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, the panel which regulates, operates, and controls the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which includes the bridge system and the causeway approach road system on the North Shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=903|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Appointment of Patricia Brister to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission|date=January 9, 2009|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref>
On January 9, 2009, Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Brister her to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, the panel which regulates, operates, and controls the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which includes the bridge system and the causeway approach road system on the North Shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=903|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Appointment of Patricia Brister to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission|date=January 9, 2009|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref>
In 2013, Brister attended a fundraiser for [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], a candidate for a fourth term in the 2014 midterm elections. Landrieu was unseated by Republican then [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]] of Louisiana's 6th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadpelican.com/2013/brister.html|title=ormer Louisiana GOP Chair Supports Obama? GOP Parish President Pat Brister is Singing Mary Landrieu's praises for her work for Louisiana families|publisher=''The Dead Pelican''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref> Brister's embrace of Landrieu has been strongly criticized by [[Moon Griffon]], the [[conservative]] statewide [[radio]] [[talk show]] host, then based in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] but since [[Lafayette]], a long-term critic of Senator Landrieu.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' November 22, 2013; December 3, 2013.</ref>
In 2013, Brister attended a fundraiser for [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], a candidate for a fourth term in the 2014 midterm elections. Landrieu was unseated by Republican then [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]] of Louisiana's 6th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadpelican.com/2013/brister.html|title=ormer Louisiana GOP Chair Supports Obama? GOP Parish President Pat Brister is Singing Mary Landrieu's praises for her work for Louisiana families|publisher=''The Dead Pelican''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref> Brister's embrace of Landrieu has been strongly criticized by [[Moon Griffon]], the [[conservative]] statewide [[radio]] commentator, then based in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] but since [[Lafayette]], a long-term critic of Senator Landrieu.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' November 22, 2013; December 3, 2013.</ref>
===St. Tammany Parish presidency===
===St. Tammany Parish presidency===
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Involved in various business enterprises over the years, ,Brister was for a time the chief executive officer and chairman of the trustees<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/educa's diploma mill] which existed in Mandeville from 1997<ref name=fhfb/> to 2002.
Involved in various business enterprises over the years. For a times, she was the chief executive officer and chairman of the trustees of a diploma mill in Mandeville.<ef>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/educa's diploma mill which existed in Mandeville from 1997<ref name=fhfb/> to 2002.
Brister was married to Joseph Stanley "Joe" Brister, Jr. (1933-2017) a New Orleans native who established Brister-Stephens, Inc., an air conditioning and heating company, of which she was the former vice president. Her children from a previous marriage are Jill Beck Heebe, Matthew Beck, Mark Beck, Kenneth Beck, and stepson, Steven Clark Beck (1962-2010) of Destrehan in St. Charles Parish.<ref<{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Steven-Brister-88039253|title=Steven Brister obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref><ref name=wwltv>{{cite web |url=http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034845/http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is a [[Presbyterian]]. Her political interest was initially fueled by the Parent-Teacher Association. She was formerly the executive director of the Northshore Business Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1012corridor.com/news/2009/apr/30/25-most-powerful-people-corridor/|title=Pat Brister: Executive Director, Northshore Business Council|publisher=1012corridor.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name=wwwltv/>
Brister was married to Joseph Stanley "Joe" Brister, Jr. (1933-2017) a New Orleans native who established Brister-Stephens, Inc., an air conditioning and heating company, of which she was the former vice president. Her children from a previous marriage are Jill Beck Heebe, Matthew Beck, Mark Beck, Kenneth Beck, and stepson, Steven Clark Beck (1962-2010) of Destrehan in St. Charles Parish.<ref<{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Steven-Brister-88039253|title=Steven Brister obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref><ref name=wwltv>{{cite web |url=http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034845/http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is a [[Presbyterian]]. Her political interest was initially fueled by the Parent-Teacher Association. She was formerly the executive director of the Northshore Business Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1012corridor.com/news/2009/apr/30/25-most-powerful-people-corridor/|title=Pat Brister: Executive Director, Northshore Business Council|publisher=1012corridor.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name=wwwltv/>