Susan Patrick
Vice President, Patrick Communications

Susan Patrick is vice president of Patrick Communications Corporation, which owns radio stations in Ohio. Patrick Communications is a full-service broadcast investment banking and management consulting firm. In the past dozen years, the principals of Patrick Communications have negotiated or appraised transactions valued in excess of $3 billion.

Ms. Patrick has appraised radio and television stations throughout the United States and has brokered the sale of numerous broadcast properties. In addition, Ms. Patrick has placed debt and equity for broadcasters totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Ms. Patrick is also co-owner of fourteen radio stations throughout the U.S.

Ms. Patrick is the co-author of The Broadcaster’s Guide to SBA Loans. This 90-plus-page publication is designed as a step-by-step primer on how to obtain SBA-guaranteed loans. She has been a speaker at numerous state broadcasting and national association meetings. Ms. Patrick is currently a member of the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Board of Directors and has been named as one of Radio Ink Magazine’s Top 50 Women in Radio in both 2003 and 2004. She was also named one of Maryland’s 100 Most Outstanding Women in 2005.

Prior to joining Patrick Communications, Ms. Patrick was an investment banker and broker for ten years at Blackburn & Company, Inc. Her credentials include a M.B.A. in Finance from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Iowa.