Meet Patricia Jones

Strategic Communications Advisor and Management Consultant

In 1999, she launched a global project with the creation, production and distribution of a calendar: “Bachelor Farmers of Ireland: A Celebration of Irish Rural Traditions.” Patricia generated international publicity with media channels spanning: The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time Out New York, the Associated Press, Irish America Magazine, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, ITN News, BBC News and ABC News.

A lifelong passion for animal welfare inspired Patricia’s next career move to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) where she served as Vice President of Media Relations and Advertising for seven years.

In 2005, Patricia launched P Jones Communications.

She has worked on media and branding projects for clients including Virginia Tech, Condé Nast, and Blue Man Group. She landed a New York Times review for award-winning playwright William S. Leavengood and in 2019 placed media stories including a feature story in Modern Drummer magazine for Clayton Craddock, drummer for the Tony Award winning Broadway production Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations.

In her career, Patricia has worked with numerous celebrities for cause related marketing campaigns including Mary Tyler Moore, Russell Simmons, Portia di Rossi, Drea De Matteo and Eartha Kitt.

Patricia led a grassroots advocacy organization fighting to preserve the South Street Seaport’s inherent character as the pubic steward of NYC’s maritime history, resulting in successful media coverage. In 2018, she spearheaded a media campaign to raise awareness of the efforts of Queens Streets For All, a grassroots coalition of business owners and residents adversely affected by the New York City Department of Transportation’s road redesign. 

During Hurricane Katrina, Patricia’s efforts to raise awareness in the media of a nonprofit’s work to rescue animals in the aftermath of the disaster resulted in over 8 million dollars in donations to the charity. In 2013 and 2014 Patricia was named a finalist in the Women in the Pet Industry Network Woman of the Year Award. In 2014, Patricia was profiled as a “Leading Woman in Business” by the Huffington Post and she was named a winner of the 2015 Pet Age Women of Influence award.

As a native New Yorker, Patricia attended New York University and earned a B.A. with a dual major in Broadcast Journalism and Politics. She is an avid genealogy enthusiast and has traced her roots back to the 1820’s in New York City and County Kerry, Ireland.