Prior to being appointed County Treasurer in January 2003, Pat had served as the County's Chief Deputy Treasurer for ten years. During that time, he was responsible for the complete rewrite of the County's Delinquent Property Tax System and the highly successful implementation of Public Act 123 of 1999 (the Urban Homestead Initiative) which completely changed the way delinquent property taxes were collected.
Pat served as the Treasurer of the Charter Township of Commerce from November 1976 until January 1993. He is the Past President of the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada, Michigan Municipal Treasurers Association, the Oakland County Treasurers Association and the Oakland County Chapter of the Michigan Township Association.
Pat also served as a Director on the Michigan Township Association Board of Directors and as Chairman of Commerce Community Homes (A community-run adult foster care home). He is also the Past Chairman of the William and Marie Carl's Family YMCA Board of Directors.
In 1989, he was recognized by the Michigan Municipal Treasurers Association as its first recipient of the P.R.I.M.E. (Professional Recognition in Municipal Excellence) Award and in 2005 received the Dr. Jackson R.E. Phillips Award for his outstanding leadership in and contributions to the management of public funds across the United States and Canada.
Pat has been a CPFA (Certified Public Finance Administrator) since 1983 and holds a Level II Assessors certification.
Pat has an Associates Degree in Computer Science from Oakland Community College and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Ferris State University.
