Patterson Companies
Patrick Strait, APR, is an experienced communications professional currently serving as the Corporate Communications Manager at Patterson Companies, Inc. since November 2018, where responsibility includes developing and implementing a comprehensive corporate communications plan. Prior to this role, Patrick held various positions at HealthPartners, including Communications Supervisor and Sr. Communications Consultant, focusing on internal and external communications strategies for Methodist Hospital and media relations for diverse service lines. Patrick's earlier experience includes freelance work as a PR Specialist/Copywriter and a Marketing Communications Manager at Snap Fitness, where the management of communications strategy for over 1,400 franchises was essential. Previous roles also include Campaign Manager at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Account Executive at Airfoil Public Relations, contributing to expertise in media relations and marketing communications. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Integrative Public Relations and Journalism from Central Michigan University.
Patterson Companies
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Patterson Companies, Inc. is a value-added distributor focused on providing a customer experience to professionals in the dental and animal health markets. The Company operates through three segments: dental, animal health and corporate. Dental and Animal health are strategic business units that offer similar products and services to different customer bases. Dental provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental products, equipment and software and turnkey digital solutions. In addition it provides value-added services to dentists, dental laboratories, institutions and other healthcare professionals throughout North America. Animal health is a leading, full-line distributor of animal health products, services and technologies. Corporate segment is comprised of general and administrative expenses, including home office support costs in areas such as information technology, finance, legal, human resources and facilities.