Patrick Pannett
Director
Patrick Pannett joined DCI Group from Direct Impact after years of experience working in political field operations and campaign management. At DCI, he develops and implements corporate campaigns using a campaign-style approach to address the client’s most critical communications and public policy challenges – political, legislative, regulatory and external. Additionally, he manages traditional and new media advocacy campaigns on behalf of legislation and issues – leveraging outside consultants, research firms, third parties and strategic alliances.
In his previous role managing field operations, Mr. Pannett managed the day-to-day field operations of numerous national campaigns for some of the world’s best-known brands, overseeing local field team and lobbyist activities, implementing grassroots campaign strategies and providing strategic counsel.
In 2008, Mr. Pannett worked as a whip in the Democratic National Convention’s Office of the Secretary and as a consultant to a number of races. Mr. Pannett has an extensive background on political and issue campaigns at the state and Federal levels. He was the paid voter communications director for Kerry-Edwards 2004 in Pennsylvania, one of the top battleground states in that presidential campaign.
A member of the American Red Cross advanced public affairs team and former professional photographer, Mr. Pannett attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.