Patrick Mangus

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Patrick Mangus is a nationally recognized communications consultant and non-profit manager.    He was most recently Executive Director of the National Aviary.  During his four-year tenure, he concluded a multi-million dollar capital campaign, managed the $17.5 million expansion and renovation of the 60 year old facility, and nearly doubled paid attendance, reversing a near-decade of six figure losses.    He joined the National Aviary after a 30-plus year career in the Public Relations industry.  A graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism, Mangus got his start in the P.R. business at Burson-Marsteller.  There, as an account executive, he represented some of the country’s largest corporations.  In 1981, he partnered with Frank Catanzano to form Mangus/Catanzano.  Over the firm’s 13 year history, it became the largest independent public relations agency in the region.  In 1994, he negotiated its sale to Ketchum Communications and became Senior Vice President and Associate Director of the Pittsburgh office.   In 1996, he left Ketchum to launch Mangus Consulting Group, a boutique agency specializing in healthcare, education and not-for-profit communications.  The firm was later renamed Forge Communications.   Mangus has won numerous professional awards, including two Silver Anvils, the P.R. industry’s top prize. In 2008, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.   Mangus has served on the boards of directors of a number of Pittsburgh-area nonprofits, including the Horticulture Society of Western Pennsylvania, Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania, the National Conference for Community and Justice, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Society for Contemporary Crafts, Three Rivers Center for Independent Living, and the WQED Community Advisory Board.    

Executive Director at National Aviary

January 2009 - November 2012

Former board member at Botanic Garden of Western Pennsylvanis

2000 - 2009

Volunteer at Big Brothers Big Sisters

2000 - 2009

Senior VP at Blattner Brunner

2005 - 2007

Partner at Dickerson & Mangus

1996 - 2005

Sr. VP, Associate Director at Ketchum

1994 - 1996

Partner at Mangus/Catanzano

1981 - 1994

Account Supervisor at Burson-Marsteller

1976 - 1981

Owner at Forge Communications, LLC

Issues management and crisis communications consultant

Senior Counsel, Strategic Communications at Duane Morris Government Strategies

February 2013

Ohio University

1967 – 1971