Patrick Malone, a Leadership Mentor, Independent Business Advisor and News Director at WJUL/WJRB has more than 40 years experience in operations, customer service, and sales management. Patrick has worked in a variety of leadership/management roles including Senior Partner at The PAR Group, National Sales Manager for American Greetings Corporation and The Scott Companies.Patrick has trained and consulted throughout the world with a wide range of organizations including The American Cancer Society, Banfield-The Pet Hospital, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, DuPont, Ft. Dodge Animal Health, Hewlett-Packard, International Securities Exchange, Merial, Novell, Sensient Technologies, Siemens Medical, SOLAE, Trupanion,The United Way, and Verizon Wireless.A frequent speaker at industry and management conferences, he has presented and spoken before the Mississippi VMA and the Delaware VMA; the Frontline Forum at American School of International Management; Argosy University; the business schools at Kennesaw State University and Georgia State University; The American Society of Training and Development; numerous Universities; Project Management Institute; Association of Information Technology Professionals; Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. Educated at John Carroll University, Patrick has served on the Board of the Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce. Patrick is the founder of the Conservative Business Alliance. He has also served as the National Board President of The Compassionate Friends, Inc. an international support group for bereaved parents and is a former Trustee of the TCF Foundation. He is the President of LMMA Inc a non-profit motorcycle awareness organization and Vice President of the Council at Shepherd of the Hills Church. Patrick is the co-author of the business book "Cracking the Code to Leadership". Patrick also hosts "Mountain Mornings", a weekday news program on WJUL/WJRB, and weekend program "This Week in Blairsville" on WJRB.