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My Approach
A unique and customized consulting experience is important for each and every client.
To help you, your business, organization or community reach its full potential, I deliver custom solutions, tailored to your one-of-a-kind challenges.
Our Clients Speak
"Pat Patterson took the time to learn about my business before creating a fantastic presentation and communications plan that was ultimately responsible for our great leap forward and significant program growth. Thanks, Patterson & Associates!"
"We'd exhausted our own internal resources and didn't know where to turn for help. Fortunately, we'd heard about Pat's services and from our first meeting we knew our business was in caring, capable hands."
Lead Consultant:
Patricia Patterson: Communications, Diversity, Creative and Community Projects.
"I offer a wide range of consulting services, designed to help you, your company reach its potential. Whether looking for a small tweak, complete overhaul, a speaking engagement presentation - - you are covered. My services are custom tailored so you get precisely what you need."
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BIO:
Also known as a connector and communicator in both business, personal and community worlds, Pat consults with individuals, small business owners and other organizations. She is known for her diverse business success stories, where she highlights their real life journeys for PR and educational purposes.
She is a longtime advocate for small and diverse businesses with extensive corporate, small business and supply chain experience. She’s spent the last few decades improving and creating supplier diversity initiatives that increase the economic impact, the inclusion of small, local, minority, women and other diverse businesses in supply chains and our economy.
On the business side, she served on several supply chain boards including the International Supply Management (ISM) and the Western Region Minority Supplier Development Council. She held leadership positions as Minority Business Input Committee, Marketing and PR Chairs. She works with diverse community groups. She is a recognized, award winning local community leader providing assistance on maintaining strong communities.
Pat advanced the supplier diversity mission at Kaiser Permanente, where she produced its first award winning online supplier diversity training programs. She earned first place in PRNews Online’s Corporate Social Responsibility Diversity Communications national competition. She led Kaiser Permanente’s Billon Dollar Roundtable communication plan, Supplier Diversity 101 webinars and employee training courses. Communication is really her middle name!
She was the first Certified Purchasing Manager at Pacific Bell. She’s trained hundreds of adult and youth business owners as a guest instructor at the Haas School of Business's Fast Trac Entrepreneur Program, U.C. Berkeley. She was featured in MBN News magazine - “Women Who Mean Business”. Feel free to contact Pat!