Patrick has been President of the Log Cabin Republicans and the Liberty Education Forum since September 2006. He provides one of the leading conservative voices defending gays and lesbians in the Republican Party.

Patrick, a 34-year-old Seattle native, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Syracuse University in 1997 with a double major in marketing and broadcast journalism.

He was an award-winning television news reporter for six years. From 1999 to 2002, he was a television news reporter at WJHL News channel 11, the CBS affiliate in the Tri-Cities. Patrick served as a General Assignment News Reporter, with a special focus on political reporting.

In 2002, the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association gave him an award for Best News Writing in the state. He also spent three years as a television news reporter at WWNY-TV, the CBS affiliate in Watertown, New York.

He received awards from the New York Associated Press Broadcasters Association for Best Feature Reporting and the Syracuse Press Club for Best Investigative Reporting.

Patrick moved to Washington, DC in January 2003 where he currently resides.