Work & Impact

Connecting ideas, people, and systems.

Selected bodies of work across youth innovation, organizational strategy, education, program leadership, and global community development.

Selected evidence

From challenge to useful delivery.

Results are identified as organizational or collaborative where appropriate.

01

Higher education & changemaking

Challenge
Expand experiential innovation and entrepreneurship across campuses and communities.
Role
Social-impact and entrepreneurship leadership at the University of Evansville and Rollins College.
Delivered
Changemaker challenges, venture support, experiential programs, and cross-campus partnerships.
Evidence
Collaborative higher-education work supported more than 150 student ventures and projects from 2013 to 2019.
02

AmeriCorps program leadership

Challenge
Build coordinated, compliant regional service delivery.
Role
AmeriCorps Program Director at Senior Resource Alliance from September 2021 to January 2023.
Delivered
Program infrastructure, member support, training, reporting, budgets, compliance, and partnerships.
Evidence
The program footprint included Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties.
03

YouthRoots / YouthScan

Challenge
Strengthen the systems, positioning, and sustainability around a youth-led insights platform.
Role
Strategic Capacity Partner & Business Innovation Advisor.
Delivered
Strategy execution, organizational systems, partnerships, sustainability, product packaging, and business-development thinking.
Evidence
YouthRoots has reported that YouthScan engaged more than 2,000 youth contributors; implementation and growth remain YouthRoots-led.
Selected experience
01
Founder & CEO · 2020–Present

Young InnoPreneurs

A youth innovation and experiential-education organization helping young people transform ideas into practical solutions, ventures, and community-impact projects. Patrick leads organizational strategy, program design, partnership development, and the pathway from sixth grade through one year after college.

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02
Strategic Planner and Consultant · 2023–Present

Strategy & organizational consulting

Patrick supports mission-driven organizations navigating growth, change, strategic alignment, program development, operational challenges, and sustainability. His work includes strategic planning, program and portfolio design, operational alignment, business models, partnerships, and implementation.

03
Strategic Capacity Partner & Business Innovation Advisor

YouthRoots / YouthScan

Patrick has supported strategy execution, organizational systems, partnership development, sustainability, product packaging, and business-development thinking surrounding YouthScan. He serves as an advisor and strategic thought partner; implementation and organizational outcomes remain led by the YouthRoots team.

04
University of Evansville · Rollins College · 2013–2019

Higher education & changemaking

Working alongside faculty, staff, students, and community partners, Patrick helped advance social innovation, entrepreneurship, experiential learning, competitions, international experiences, and institutional changemaking. More than 150 student ventures and projects were supported across this period.

05
Senior Resource Alliance · READ USA

AmeriCorps & program leadership

Patrick’s program leadership has included grant-supported and AmeriCorps initiatives, people, partnerships, compliance, budgets, service delivery, and performance. At Senior Resource Alliance, his work supported programming across Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties.

06
Founder & President · 2010–Present

Friends of Dago

A nonprofit registered in Indiana and based in Florida, connecting partners in the United States and Kenya around locally led priorities in education, health, economic empowerment, mentorship, environmental sustainability, and social development.

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Additional leadership

Education & youth engagement

High School Business Education Teacher at EVSC Academy for Innovative Studies—Diamond, 2012–2015, using entrepreneurship, career preparation, project-based learning, and community partnerships.

Global programs & partners

Community Connector—Global Programs & Partners Support for the Dago Dala Hera Self-Help Group, connecting resources and relationships with locally led priorities.

Rugby & mentorship

Former Kenya Harlequins player and University of Southern Indiana Rugby Club coach and mentor, 2010–2016.

Entrepreneurial venture

Roselands Adventures & Safaris connects travelers with the landscapes, wildlife, communities, and cultures of East and Southern Africa.

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