Patrick Lilja brings a depth of experience developed over the past decade to his work promoting the online initiatives of Tunheim Partners clients. He specializes in identifying and analyzing the strategic landscape that will bring a client's online presence in alignment with its goals. He is constantly finding new and innovative ways to get clients' stories told and repeated.

Patrick has a strong record providing clients such as Target Corp., Mystic Lake, and DTN with the strategic Internet marketing tools they need to reach key audiences amidst the high volume of conversations on the Internet. He fuses his extensive knowledge of Internet social communications and online media relations with his experience in more traditional PR tactics to ensure the firm's clients receive the most effective, strategic communications return.

Patrick graduated magna cum laude from Gustavus Adolphus College with a B.A. in political science and psychology. He then attended the University of Minnesota for two years, majoring in computer science and chemistry. Patrick spends an inordinate amount of his free time playing Dance Dance Revolution with his two kids while his wife watches on in mild bemusement.

"Until the Internet revolution set us loose, public relations was often little more than an overused euphemism for media relations. Thank goodness for revolutions."
-- Personal quote