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Marketing
Patti is a multidimensional marketing professional with a penchant for problem solving, a passion for people, and a record of driving profitability. Throughout her career, she has developed strategies and delivered solutions that spark brand awareness and fuel business growth.
In her current role, she serves as the Director of Marketing at The Fortegra Group, a global, multibillion-dollar specialty insurer. In this role, she spearheads B2B marketing, advertising, public relations, and sales enablement efforts for the company's risk management products and warranty solutions around the world. She also oversees reporting on the organization's corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Patti has worked in the entertainment, hospitality, food & beverage, insurance and finance sectors — all in public-facing roles. She has also performed in a nonprofit environment and in an agency setting, where she represented clients in the biotech and industrial manufacturing spaces.
Previous roles include:
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Patti served as the assistant publicist to Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Dallas Roberts (The Walking Dead), Cory Michael Smith (Gotham), Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel) and Matt McGorry (Orange is the New Black) for several years. In this role, she had the opportunity to work alongside the Whistler Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the GRAMMY Awards, the Academy Awards, and the Tony Awards.
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At Warner Bros. Picture Publicity, she managed press screenings and premieres for dozens of films, most notably: Inception, The Hobbit, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Dark Knight Rises, The Great Gatsby and Man of Steel.
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At Gold Key | PHR, Patti led all marketing efforts for hospitality, food & beverage, and luxury real estate holdings under the Cavalier Resort umbrella, totaling over $600 million dollars in asset value. She also developed and produced the resort's signature, special and social events, including The Virginia Bourbon Invitational, Symphony on the Lawn feat. the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Derby Day at The Cavalier, and The Grand Illumination feat. The Richmond Ballet. She also helped launch the 305-room Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront during the pandemic, winner of Marriott's coveted Hotel Opening of the Year award (2021).
Patti obtained her undergraduate degree at Middlebury College and is currently pursuing an MBA. She is a member of the American Marketing Association and a board member of Keep Nassau Beautiful, a nonprofit with a focus on environmentalism, sustainability, and beautification.
Military
A proud veteran of the U.S. Army, Patti served as a Human Intelligence Collector at the 42nd Infantry Division in New York. She is trained and certified in interrogations, source operations and strategic debriefings, and held a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
She attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill (Oklahoma) and graduated from the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence in Fort Huachuca (Arizona) for her Advanced Individual Training.
Notable additional training includes: Warfighter (WFX), a decisive action environment that mimics emerging threats in an austere theater of operation; and The Box at the Army Joint Readiness Training Center, a combat training center specializing in complex warfare.
After reaching the end of her contract, Patti was honorably discharged in 2018.
Modeling
Patti originally entered the world of pageantry as a way to fundraise and advocate for the veteran organizations that she supports.
Her official platform is Homes for Our Troops, a nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially-adapted homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 veterans. She has volunteered, championed and fundraised for the nonprofit throughout her reigns and in her personal life, and is a designated Official Proud Supporter of the organization.
Patti holds multiple titles, most notably the Mrs. New York America state title and the Mrs. USA Universe national title. She placed Top 15 at the Mrs. Universe pageant in Sofia, Bulgaria, competing against 80+ countries. Through pageantry, Patti has had the opportunity to model for a variety of brands and publications.
Now retired from competing, she is still involved in the pageant world as both a judge and emcee. She continues to model, although it is not an active pursuit.
Experience:
Commercial Acting • Commercial Modeling • Print • Catalog • Runway
Representation:
Premier Talent (SAG-AFTRA Agency)
HEIGHT | 5'9"
BUST | 35"
WAIST | 26''
HIPS | 35"
SHOE | 7.5 US
HAIR | Dark Brown
EYES | Dark Brown
ETHNICITY | Hispanic/Latina
Ministry
Patti has been an ordained reverend for almost fifteen years.
Intrigued by theology, its history, and its overlap with science, she has independently studied a number of religions. Growing up, she was surrounded by Catholic, Christian, and Jewish influences and identifies as a nondenominational Christian.
Patti recognizes that everyone's path to religion and spirituality is different and deeply personal; however, her view is simple: “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you" (Matthew 7:12).
She has served as an officiant at many wedding ceremonies and has lent her support to organizations that assist children and veterans. Some of these organizations include: Homes for Our Troops, Save the Children, St. Jude's Research Hospital, Heifer International, and Murphslife.