Patty Wetterling

Patty Wetterling

Patty Wetterling is an advocate focused on protecting children from abduction and abuse. Following the 1989 abduction and murder of her son, Jacob, she co-founded with her husband, Jerry, what became known as the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center. She previously served as Chair of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and as Director of Sexual Violence Prevention for the Minnesota Department of Health.