WESLEY M. 'PAT' PATTILLO - Biographical Information.style1 { color: #000080;}.style2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Wesley M. 'Pat' Pattillo Program Director for Justice, Advocacy and Communication National Council of Churches USA Administrative History Consulting and Media Education and Certification Volunteer Leadership Family / Personal Full bio as a Word document 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 880 New York, New York 10115 Phone 212.870.2048 Fax 212.870.2030 Email: wpattillo@ncccusa.org 3821 Spring Valley Road Birmingham, Alabama 35223 Phone 646.707.3197 Cell 917.690.6075 Email: wmp@earthlink.net | WESLEY 'PAT' PATTILLO ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Administrative History Consulting and Media Education / Certification Volunteer Leadership Family / Personal Return to Top  National Council of Churches, New York City and Washington, DC: program director for justice, advocacy and communication for this ecumenical association of 35 Protestant and Orthodox faith groups with 45 million members in 100,000 local congregations, 2001-present. Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, China: North American representative for the only surviving  Christian university in the Peoples Republic of China, 1996-2001. Helped build a U.S. and Canadian constituency to undergird its chaplain's ministries, and engage 51 partner universities in an extensive east-west study-abroad program. National Foundation for Youth, Clearwater, Florida: Founding president and executive director,1994-96, of this charitable organization helping undergird a program for disadvantaged and  troubled youth, established by former Eckerd Drugs chairman Jack Eckerd and his wife Ruth. Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama: vice president for university relations of this 5,000-student school during eight years of significant growth in financial support, enrollment, national recognition and campus facilities, 1986-94.  Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky: From 1967-86, served on the management staff of this national graduate-professional school enrolling 2,500 students from 26 faith groups, as vice president for development and public relations, and executive director of Southern Seminary Foundation. Return to top | WESLEY 'PAT' PATTILLO CONSULTING AND MEDIA EXPERIENCE Administrative History Consulting and Media Education / Certification Volunteer Leadership Family / Personal Return to Top  Served as capital campaign and public relations consultant to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, 1997-2001, helping build constituent support for this rapidly-growing young seminary. Directed planning studies and served as a consultant to the board of Cornerstone Schools, an ecumenical inner-city  school system in Birmingham, Alabama, 1997-99. Also conducted pre-campaign analysis, planning studies and on-site management for several clients of the First Counsel consulting firm of Charlotte, North Carolina. From 1958-1968, held several media communications positions, including broadcast news reporter and anchor for two CBS stations, WGAU, Athens, Georgia, and WBRC, Birmingham, Alabama; and for WSTM, Louisville, Kentucky; account executive, Forbes McKay Advertising Agency, Birmingham, Alabama; and newspaper reporter, Athens Daily Banner-Herald, Athens, Georgia. Writer, editor,  producer and on-camera host of numerous educational video productions for Crescent Hill Media, Louisville, Kentucky, 1973- , and writer and moderator for a series of satellite-delivered national teleconferences produced for non-profit organizations by United Methodist Communications, Nashville and New York City, 1991-98. Return to top | WESLEY 'PAT' PATTILLO EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION Administrative History Consulting and Media Education / Certification Volunteer Leadership Family / Personal Return to Top  Ohio State University: Earned MA in journalism and mass communications, 1965. Served as business  manager for the 50,000-circulation Ohio State Daily Lantern, 1963-65. University of Georgia: Earned AB in journalism, 1962, from the Henry Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, home of the Peabody Awards. Warren Deem Institute at Columbia University: Postgraduate study in educational management on a fellowship from Lilly Endowment, 1983-84. Public Relations Society of America, New York City:  Earned APR professional accreditation by examination, 1979; honored with election to membership in PRSA's national College of Fellows, 1993.  National Society of Fund-Raising Executives, Alexandria, Virginia: Earned CFRE professional certification, 1987; honored as NSFRE Fund-Raising Executive in Alabama, 1990. Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, DC: Honored with the national U.S. Steel Award for Sustained  Excellence in Advancement, 1979. Served as chair of the Senior Professionals Section of CASE, Southeast Region, 1989-90. Return to top | WESLEY 'PAT' PATTILLO VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP Administrative History Consulting and Media Education / Certification Volunteer Leadership Family / Personal Return to Top  For ten years, 1984-94, chaired the promotion and development committee of the 100-million-member Baptist World Alliance, Washington, DC. . . . National president, Baptist Communicators Association, 1974-76.  Member of Marble Collegiate Church, New York City, oldest Protestant organization in North America, founded in 1628. Former member of Birmingham's Baptist Church of the Covenant, a multi-racial inner-city congregation, a founding member of both the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Alliance of Baptists. -- Aspen Institute: Participant, Communications and Society Program, 2005- . -- Faith and Values Media: Member Council, 2004- . -- Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program, board of trustees, 2007- . -- PBS National Center for Outreach, Member, Leadership Summit, 2002-05. -- Public Relations Society of America: President, Bluegrass Chapter, 1980-82; accreditation chair, Alabama chapter, 1992-93. -- Religion Communicators Council, National president of this 500-member interfaith professional organization, 1990-92; president, Alabama chapter, 1993-95. -- World Association of Christian Communication: Board member, North American division of this global media education and justice group, 2004- . Leadership Louisville class of 1984-85.  . . . Co-chair of the founding committee for the Louisville-area Faith Channel 19, an ecumenical TV ministry serving 200,000+ homes, 1985-86. . . . Telecommunications chair and moderator of weekly Omnilogue TV series for Kentuckiana Metroversity, an Ohio Valley regional consortium of colleges, universities and seminaries, 1979-84. Return to top | WESLEY 'PAT' PATTILLO FAMILY AND PERSONAL INTERESTS Administrative History Consulting and Media Education / Certification Volunteer Leadership Family / Personal Return to Top Born in Mobile, Alabama, and grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia, area. Married in 1967 to Zelma Mullins Pattillo, a native of Wise, Virginia. She has served in congregational ministry and hospital chaplaincy and for 18 years was  coordinator of spiritual care for New Beacon Hospice, an ecumenical ministry of Baptist and Catholic health systems in Birmingham. She earned the BS in math, MA in Christian Education, and MDiv plus extensive training in clinical pastoral education, and is a Board-certified chaplain. Pat and Zelma's travels have taken them to 45 foreign countries, including Brazil, Malaysia, Denmark, India, Russia, Italy, Morocco and New Zealand. Their daughter, Laura G. Pattillo, holds the MA and PhD from Louisiana State University, and the BA from the University of Richmond, VA. She was a dramaturg at Actors Theatre of Louisville and taught at Indiana University Southeast, Bellarmine University, and the University of South Carolina-Sumter. She is now an assistant professor of English at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA. Their son, Stephen R. Pattillo, holds a BA in economics from Duke University, with additional study on the Pacific Rim economy at the University of New South Wales. From 1998-2002 he was resident director of the Singapore office of the US-ASEAN Business Council, Washington, DC. He now lives and operates an international consulting business in Sydney, Australia. He enjoys golf and adventure travel. Return to top  |
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