Pat Bolden

Patrick Bolden is a business expert with 24 years of beverage experience. Alcohol, non-alcohol, traditional, non-traditional, on and off-premise are many aspects of the beverage industry that are familiar to Pat. Pat is the Co-Founder and President of L.A. Libations.

After a short stint playing professional basketball, Pat began in beverage by working for 7up / Rc Bottling in 1993. He worked in a variety of different roles there from field sales to operations to national accounts. After 7 years he transitioned to the Coca-Cola Company into their trade development department and called on national accounts such as BP ampm, Target, Walmart, and Sam’s Club. In 2005, Pat took on a National Account Manager role at Heineken USA. Learning the ins and outs and legalities of the alcoholic beverage industry was challenging but rewarding. This experience allowed Pat to be much better-rounded within the beverage channel but also understand how to create a new approach to being innovative and disruptive.

In 2009 Pat, Danny and Dino started this organization to position “better for you and healthy alternative” products in mainstream retail accounts. Pat’s strength is his deep nationwide retail relationships. He has always said “providing value is the key to true partnership.”

He is a business professional that maintains a proven track record of delivering profitable volume increases, successful product & brand portfolio introductions, and coordination of sales execution.

Growing up in Inglewood CA, in the shadows of the Fabulous Forum, Pat was a Los Angeles Laker fan. Pat played basketball at California State Northridge University and received his degree in Business Management. He resides in Dallas TX and has two boys, Parker and Piercen.