Nancy Pattarini is CEO of Paige Communications Group, a marketing communications and public relations consulting firm headquartered in Utica, New York.  Established in 1967, the firm’s client base consists of business-to-business and consumer accounts serving regional, national and international markets. Pattarini leads the organization's planning and business development efforts, and also provides program development and consulting services to key accounts.  

With 30 years of experience both as a practitioner and manager in the communications field, Pattarini began her career in non-profit public relations with the United Way. She moved on to spend seven years in corporate communications and sales support with Mohawk Data Sciences, a worldwide computer manufacturing firm, before joining the Paige Group in 1986 as director of account services. She was appointed general manager shortly after and became a partner in the firm in 1990.

Pattarini holds undergraduate degrees in advertising and public relations, and an M.S. in Communications Management from Syracuse University. She specializes in issues management and crisis communications, and has provided planning and counseling services for economic development initiatives, public utilities projects, community relations issues related to Indian land claims, and a variety of organizational issues including mission/vision development and consensus building related to policies and goals.

Pattarini has been a guest speaker and conducted seminars for national, state, and regional organizations including the American Bar Association, the BOCES Media Technology Association of New York State, and the Issue Management Council. She also conducts workshops on Mission, Message & Marketing, Identifying Strategic Publics, Building a Brand Culture, and Corporate Governance/Building Public Trust. She recently co-authored a scholarly article on interest-based negotiation, which was published in the prestigious Journal of Communication Management (Vol.12 No. 1, 2008).