PG Consulting LLC (formerly Gaston Consulting) is a global management consulting company helping communities around the world. Whether you are a corporation, foundation, or nonprofit, we are here to help you make an extraordinary impact and change lives for the better.PG Consulting LLC was founded in 2012 by Patrick Gaston, a pioneer in corporate social responsibility. Patrick has more than 25 years leading multimillion-dollar community investment projects and humanitarian efforts across the world.We work with corporations, nonprofits and foundations to build custom strategies and programs to support civic engagement through developing human networks and strategies to improve humanitarian, social and economic impact. * Global reputation, partnership and strategy * Executive leadership CSR development, assessment, strategy, and training * Foundation and nonprofit capacity building, advocacy and business development * Diversity, equity and inclusion

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President of the Western Union Foundation with responsibility for Global community engagement, strategic advocacy, employee engagement, fundraising and impact creation and reporting.

One year appointment - focused on the rebuilding of Haiti through new business development, job creation and vocational training across the key business sectors in Haiti.

President - Verizon FoundationDirected all aspects of Verizon's philanthropic and social investments, including setting strategy, building partnerships for flagship services, expanding employee volunteerism globally, managing $75m in social and economic investments annually totaling more than $500m in seven years, and leading broader organizational goals.•Forged relationships with national and global partners that advanced Verizon’s philanthropic and corporate responsibility objectives.•Implemented innovative programs that promoted social change in key focus areas of education, literacy, health care and domestic violence prevention. •Maintained fiduciary responsibility for $600 million corpus and led staff of more than 75 employees and contractors.•Conceived and implemented a strategic approach to K-12 education that increased student, teacher and administration access to content and curriculum, increasing market access for Verizon businesses nationally and globally.•Created and directed timely and effective disaster responses, including developing innovative mechanisms for employee donations and service in support of victims of the southern Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti.•Instituted donation texts for Haiti that resulted in $10 million donation from employees and customers.•Elevated the issue of Domestic Violence prevention and built a broad coalition of business, social services, law enforcement and nonprofit organizations to establish stronger partnerships and more effective solutions, including transforming Verizon HopeLine into a national platform for Verizon’s philanthropy. •Led initiatives that have made Verizon’s employee volunteerism the fifth largest among U.S. corporations.

Led public policy objectives that facilitated Verizon’s entry into new markets and enhanced the company’s profitability. Developed overall strategies and created Verizon's Consumer Advisory Board, which is responsible for consumer outreach and education, advancing Verizon's position in public policy, consumer markets, economic development and community relations. Managed staff of more Led than 60 employees and contractors.• Developed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework for Verizon and initiated implementation across 220,000-person workforce. • Lobbied for adoption of access reform proposal that yielded savings for Verizon and consumers.• Supported the application for and approval of the Bell Atlantic-GTE merger by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice.• Spearheaded strategic realignment of Verizon's Community Affairs organization, expanding the focus to a broader set of stakeholders while streamlining the company’s ability to communicate it’s policy and sustainability priorities.

Managed customer contact operations and interface with regulatory agencies, Regional Bell Operating Companies and 1,400+ independent telephone companies. Established long distance operations in 18 states.

Planned, coordinated and led implementation of technical re-engineering efforts throughout the company, resulting in multi-million dollar savings to the corporation.