Patrick Stone

Patrick Stone has served the Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing for 4Cs since 2018. In his role, he oversees the College’s recruitment and retention messaging, advertising, on-campus and digital communications, brand management and visual communication.

A community college graduate and product of Massachusetts public higher education, he has worked in community college marketing since 2011, leading successful and innovative teams for several institutions in the south coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. With a passion for student and alumni storytelling, timely and relevant student marketing strategies, and powerful visual communication, he works to tell the story of 4Cs by spotlighting the people who make it special.

Patrick is an active member of the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) and is currently serving a 2-year term on their Executive Board as National Director-at-Large. He is a former NCMPR National Rising Star of the Year and has led multiple award winning marketing campaigns, including the current “Be Powerful” campaign at 4Cs which won the 2019 Medallion Award for Outstanding Marketing or Recruitment Campaign.