President at ERC
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
President at ERC
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
President of ERC (www.ercnet.org) which is Northeast Ohio's leading HR and workplace professional services organization. ERC serves over 1,300 clients in Northeast Ohio. ERC, named one of Northeast Ohio’s “Visionary Organizations” by SBN offers over 100 HR and workplace related services to organizations of any size in any industry.
Pat received his BSBA from the University of Dayton, an MBA from BGSU, the SPHR from SHRM, the CPC from the National Association of Personnel Consultants and the CEBS designation. Pat has served as an adjunct faculty member for Lakeland CC, CSU and Baldwin Wallace.
Pat served as a Board Member for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Lake/Geauga SHRM, Mentor Chamber of Commerce and Lake Educational Assistance Foundation. Pat chaired NOHRC for Cleveland SHRM, founded and chaired the Northern Ohio Human Resources Charity Golf Classic for three years and served as President of Lake/Geauga County SHRM. Pat was named as CSHRM’s and the Lake/Geauga SHRM Chapter’s member of the year in 1996 – the first HR professional in the U.S. to be recognized by two separate SHRM chapters in the same year.
Pat was named Northeast Ohio’s “Best Boss” by Inside Business Magazine and as one of America’s Best Bosses for 2006 by Fortune Small Business Magazine and Winning Workplaces. In addition, Pat is the architect for the nationally acclaimed NorthCoast 99 program (www.northcoast99.org), which annually recognizes Northeast Ohio’s 99 best workplaces. In addition, Pat is the co-architect of the regionally recognized ERC Health (www.erchealth.com).
He is a frequent speaker and published over 200 business, workplace and sales management articles in Crain’s Cleveland Business, The Plain Dealer, The News Herald, Lake County Business Journal, Akron Business Magazine, SBN and is the HR columnist for Inside Business Magazine.
(Public Company; Human Resources industry)
Currently holds this position
MBA , Management , 1982 — 1983
1975 — 1979