Pat McCormick

Pat McCormick is a partner in AM:PM PR, a Portland public relations firm he founded with his daughter, Allison. For 20 years Pat was a partner in Conkling Fiskum & McCormick, a public affairs, research and public relations firm with offices in Portland, Salem and Washington, D.C. He brings nearly 40 years of experience in Oregon public policy and communications to the counsel he offers clients and colleagues. In 1999 his Portland PR peers honored him with the prestigious William Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award. Pat’s public policy role began as chief of staff to Oregon House Majority Leader Les AuCoin, then as Oregon staff director after AuCoin was elected to Congress. Pat returned to the state capitol as chief of staff to House Speaker Hardy Myers. He then founded his own public affairs firm and directed the state’s high tech trade association. He later managed state affairs for Tektronix and served as senior VP at Pihas Schmidt Westerdahl advertising and PR agency before joining CFM in 1991. Pat has been a City Club member since 1969.