Patricia Goosey O’Connor (born October 2, 1940) is the founder of the now-defunct Fashion Careers College (FCC), which was located in San Diego, California.
She continued there for nine years as director and instructor of the certificate program in fashion merchandising, before founding her own college in 1979.
She has served on the Joint Committee to develop a Master Plan for Education-Kindergarten through the University of California, on the advisory board of the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, and on the Consumer and Family Studies Division and Vocational Education Board for the San Diego Unified School District.
She was on the Board of Directors of Educational Talent Search and Fashion Group International of San Diego, Inc.[1][failed verification] and was appointed Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of the Zandra Rhodes Museum in London.
O’Connor is the creator of the Annual Golden Hanger Fashion Awards Gala[2] and has served as its chair for the past 23 years.