Patrick Hughes

Current

• Designer at Sustain Design Solutions

Past

• Retail at Nike
• China Trade Intern at SGMA International
• Marketing Consultant at Law firm of Morris E. Fischer (Sole Proprietorship)

• Marketing intern at Montrose Food & Wine
• Environmental Affairs Intern at Senator Russ Feingold

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Education

• American University
• Peking University
• Milwaukee Area Technical College

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Industry

Design

Patrick Hughes’s Summary

Goal:
To work to make the world a sustainable place to live and do business.

Patrick Hughes’s Specialties:

Project Management, Idea Generation, Critical Thinker, Sustainable Business, Writing

Patrick Hughes’s Experience

• Designer

  Sustain Design Solutions

  (Design industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Sustain Design Solutions is landscape design studio that works to integrate sustainable methods into residential and commercial properties.

• Retail

  Nike

  (Public Company; NKE; Sporting Goods industry)

  December 2006 — April 2009 (2 years 5 months)

  -Executed an initiative that recycled and repurposed over 1,750 pounds of building materials and related items from the Nike Portland Community Store remodel in July of 2008.
  -Inspire the leadership of Nike U.S. Retail to make recycling and repurposing building materials standard procedure when remodeling U.S. retail stores.
  -Publish multiple articles in the Nike U.S. Retail Register.

• China Trade Intern

  SGMA International

  (Non-Profit; Sporting Goods industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• Marketing Consultant

  Law firm of Morris E. Fischer (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2006 — November 2006 (11 months)

  Business development, Website design and development

• Marketing intern

  Montrose Food & Wine

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  September 2005 — December 2005 (4 months)

  • Co-Led on a time sensitive schedule the redesign of Montrose’s flagship retail store in downtown Beijing
  • Detailed marketing graphics, information and presentations to be utilized by the marketing team
  • Assisted in analyzing profit loss statements used by the management of Montrose
  • Commissioned to co-paint a series of five pieces of art for a Montrose Wine boutique

• Environmental Affairs Intern

  Senator Russ Feingold

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Legislative Office industry)

  May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

  • Researched domestic and international environmental policy issues
  • Wrote memos and briefings for the Senator regarding the research done on environmental policy
  • Attended Senate hearings and prepared transcripts of the proceedings for the Senator

Patrick Hughes’s Education

• American University

  BA , International Studies, international business , 2004 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  International Studies, International Busines

• Peking University

  International studies, international business, Mandarin Chinese 2005 — 2005

• Milwaukee Area Technical College

  Associate , Landscape Design

Additional Information

Patrick Hughes’s Interests:

sustainable business development, emerging markets, renewable energy, energy conservation, triple bottom line, running, mountaineering, backpacking, writing, painting, China, marathons, photography, gardening, Beijing, China, Portland, Oregon, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

Patrick Hughes’s Groups:

Northwest China Council, Future of Energy, Emerging Green Builders

•    American University Alumni
•    pdxMindShare - Portland's Career Community
•    Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
•    Energy & Utilities Network
•    Green
•    Green Jobs & Career Network
•    Green Professionals
•    Sustainability Career Group
•    The Carbon Professionals Networking Group
•    The Center for a Sustainable Today
•    St. Johns, Portland Professionals - Keeping it Local
•    Energy & Utilities Network - Sustainability. renewables, conservation, energy efficiency, demand mgt
•    Emerging Green Builders Cascadia [PDX | SEA | Victoria]
•    Emerging Green Builders | PDX

Patrick Hughes’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch