Patricia Robinson is an esteemed media executive, community leader and advocate, public speaker, professional educator, and a passionate mentor. Patricia spends quality time in her career helping others through coaching positive self-empowerment strategies, realizing, developing, and expanding career potential paths, life skills training, and sharing her experiences on how to be effective in leadership management. Patricia has earned a reputation as a Human Resource professional exercising incredible relationship strategy management in her career which leads to all areas of her expertise.
Her work has drawn attention from major media outlets like ABC7 New York, Fox 5 NY, NY1, Black Enterprise, Huffington Post, and many more acclaimed platforms. Patricia holds the professional title of Vice President of Human Resources & Community Engagement for Hot 97, WBLS, and WLIB- three of the biggest radio stations in the tri-state area of New York. Her career in the media industry spans over 19 years. She is celebrated as the first African American woman to hold a VP title with this company and these brands.
In addition to her work at Emmis, Patricia is known for her leadership role working with Colin Kaepernick’s “Know Your Rights” camps. She has worked with the KYRC camp for over 3 years to support the advocacy of education and promote equality and justice with an emphasis on communities of color. Through her advocacy and motivational speaking, Pat empowers her diverse audiences with inspiration as well as practical tools to achieve their highest goals. It’s more than work to her, it’s her life’s passion and purpose.