Patrick joined Arctaris in 2017 and currently serves as a Managing Director, focusing on investment opportunities in Utah and the Intermountain West, Arctaris Impact’s relationships with foundations, and the firm’s overall impact strategy. Patrick also serves as the Opportunity Zone and Financial Incentives Director for the Utah Association Counties, working to manage the State of Utah’s Opportunity Zone program in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Sorenson Impact at the University of Utah.
Prior to these roles, Patrick was the Executive Director at Sorenson Impact, a University of Utah based institute that works with investors, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders to marshal capital for social good. In his role as Executive Director, Patrick worked with a variety of foundations and family offices to structure, diligence, and deploy over $250mm of private capital towards early-stage impact investments, including with the Sorenson Family and their Sorenson Impact Foundation, where he worked to build its portfolio across four continents and various philanthropic, debt, and equity structures. During his tenure at Sorenson, he was also a part of launching several new business units, including the University Venture Fund II, the second iteration of the Nation’s largest student-driven venture capital fund. Additionally, Patrick was part of the management team that was awarded a grant from President Obama’s White House Office of Social Innovation to launch Sorenson Impact’s pay-for-success practice. During his tenure, the firm’s staff grew from two to over twenty-five full-time employees.
Patrick started his career as an Analyst with The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. working in their Global Securities Division. He has also held various board and advisory positions, including The Iron Yard Coding Academy, Westminster College’s Bill & Vieve Gore School of Business, Salt Lake County’s Economic Development Division, and is an active fourth-generation shareholder in his family’s Greenville, South Carolina-based businesses, Canal Insurance and Central Realty Holdings. Patrick graduated from Westminster College with a BS in Finance and was recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017.