Patrick Cleary is the Executive Director Emeritus of Humboldt Area Foundation, the community foundation serving Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity Counties in northwest California. During his leadership, the foundation grew from $78 million in assets in 2012 to $179 million in 2021. He has served as President of Lost Coast Communications, Inc., a radio and online news media company serving the north coast since 2003. Prior to moving to Humboldt County in 1997, he was