As a previous Maryhill Museum of Art trustee from 2003-2009 while living in Seattle, Pat Brim-Williams has retired to Goldendale. She has been a volunteer on the Education Committee since retiring.
As a grantwriter, recruiter, and Economic Development Director in Skamania County and Oregon under the Oregon Business Council, she started economic development councils in Tillamook, St. Helens, and La Grande. As a manager for Brim-Williams, Associates, she lobbied with her husband, Chuck Williams. She was a member of the Paul Harris Rotary Club in Vancouver, and she was a founding member and major fundraiser of Lewis River Rotary. In education, she was involved as a business liaison for special education in Battleground, and a substitute high school teacher in Seattle.