Patrice Arent devoted most of her life to public service. She served in the Utah Senate and House, where she was the Co-Chair of the House Ethics Committee, Co-Chair and Founder of the bipartisan Clean Air Caucus. She was also the longest serving and first woman to serve as Co-President of the National Association of Jewish Legislators.

Patrice passed nearly 90 bills during her 20 years in the Utah Legislature, including several clean air bills, legislation prohibiting smoking in cars when children are passengers, Utah's Newborn Safe Haven law, consumer protection legislation, campaign finance reform, outdoor recreation infrastructure improvements, and laws that improve education and health care. Patrice also helped lead successful efforts to provide stronger penalties for identity theft and defeat legislative proposals that waste tax dollars.

Raised in Salt Lake City, Patrice is a graduate of the University of Utah and Cornell Law School. She was a Division Chief in the Utah Attorney General's Office, worked in a private law firm, served as Associate General Counsel to the Utah Legislature, and taught at the University of Utah College of Law. She was also a law clerk to two federal judges (UT and IL).