User:Edilworth/Grace Welch

Grace Welch is the founder and CEO of Patemm Inc. Patemm was founded in 2004 and makes round diaper changing pads. The pads are made from natural and organic materials and manufactured in San Francisco at the Patemm facility. Welch invented the pads after watching her children repeatedly squirm off traditional pads. Welch named the company after her first two children, Patrick and Emma.

Before launching Patemm, Welch worked for 6 years at rmw architecture + design in San Francisco.

Welch received a degree in Latin American Studies/Cultural Anthropology from New York University before moving to San Francisco to begin a career. Welch and Patemm Pads have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, The Today Show, The View and in many other television shows, newspapers and magazines.

Welch is married with four children and lives in San Francisco.