Gerald Patnode, EdD

Biography

Dr. Gerald R PatnodeAssociate Professor Entrepreneurship & MarketingDr. Gerald Patnode has a varied Business, Government and Academic career that spans fifty years. He began teaching at York as an Adjunct faculty member in 1996 and joined the faculty full time in 2003.Dr Patnode is a tenured Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Marketing in the Graham School of Business. He served as the first Chairman of the newly formed Graham School of Business and served on two separate occasions as the department chair in Management and Marketing.Prior to joining York College, he served as President of the Institute for Enterprise Development in Washington, D.C., a partnered consultancy the Mason Enterprise Center at George Mason University.Additionally he served as Dean of the Julio School of Hospitality Management at the Baltimore International College.The major portion of his business career for a twenty year period was as President and CEO of G.R. Patnode Applied Management Solutions, LLC, a Baltimore based economic research company serving clients throughout the United States. Other academic positions include, Director of Continuing Professional Education at the Baltimore County Community College. Faculty positions included at Loyola University in Maryland, Gettysburg College and a visiting faculty associate at The Johns Hopkins University.Dr. Patnode's service in government includes the Federal Advisory Board of the Small Business Administration, a Small Business Advisory Council to the U.S. Senate, Baltimore County MD Economic Development Commission and Task Force, advisor to the Adams County PA, Economic Development Commission. Additionally he served as Chairman of the Baltimore County Personnel and salary advisory Board, Baltimore County Labor Negotiating team. Dr. Patnode also served as the Community Development and Economic Advisor to two Baltimore County Executives