Quality assurance from the inside out
The team at Patterson Partners is comprised of accomplished and committed communications professionals, dedicated to serving their clients and the community.

James G. Patterson, CEO — James G. Patterson has more than thirty-five years experience in public relations, crisis management and strategic planning. He has served in senior-level posts in higher education and the private sector and has established several successful entrepreneurial ventures. He champions a unique, integrated marketing approach to corporate communications. Some of the organizations that Patterson has worked with include Smithfield Foods, Smithfield Packing, Waffle House, Freeway Foods, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Shoney’s, Diversicare, North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund, North Carolina Strike Out Stroke, GlaxoSmithKline, Sara Lee, Allergan, Home Depot, First Citizens Bank, M&F Bank and Fleetwood Manufactured Housing. These clients have benefited from his problem-solving, creative-thinking and business savvy.

Few persons have more successful experience helping clients maintain productive and inclusive workplaces than Patterson. An exceptionally strong research capability helps him create programs and strategies that meet the needs of both employees and management.

Patterson is also conscious of his corporate social responsibility obligations, serving on private and nonprofit boards such as Livingstone College, Fayetteville State University and North Carolina United Way. He also served as Chairman of the Small Business and Agricultural Council of The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He is currently working toward his Doctorate degree at Bernelli University in Trentino, Italy.

Fred Burke, President — Fred served as President and CEO of Danbury Accessories Inc. of Madison Madison, N.C., a marketer of leather goods and accessories. Under his leadership, the 80-year old firm was restructured from a private label manufacturing company into a marketing company with a portfolio of eight globally licensed brands. As a result, he successfully turned around its financial performance from a significant operating loss to a healthy operating profit within three years, attracting the notice of investors who bought it. Burke also served as Vice-President of Sales for Starter Corporation, a leading sports marketing and licensing firm.

Fred is a decisive goal-oriented leader with proven management, strategic marketing, business and sales skills. He began his career at VF Corporation where he worked for 14 years, rising up the ranks until he was promoted to Vice-President of Sales for the Riders’ Jeans division of VF Jeans Wear.