Patty Christlieb is the mother of Alisha who is a left below elbow amputee due to a rare case of Myelodysplasia Syndrome. 

She completed Nursing Asst. school and went on to Nursing school were she worked actively on the post op and pre-op floors of Queen of the Valley Hospital in CA. 

She volunteers on the Advisory Board for UCCH where she also helps to reach out to neurologically impaired children and their families. She is in the process of setting up an on line list serve with the University for these families and in her spare time she volunteers for the Ronald McDonald House but has found her true calling with I-CAN and amputee kids. She does hospital visits with her daughter when a traumatic amputee child comes into the hospital and actively speaks at schools to open the lines of awareness for children. 

She hosted the Chicago 2004 meeting with great enthusiasm and has co-hosted the 2005 San Diego meeting, as well as the 2006 Cincinnati meeting.