ABOUT
Every business has a story to tell. We need to tell yours.
In four decades as public relations professionals, we have helped businesses large and small share their stories through a relationship forged with the media locally, regionally and nationally.
Guiding our clients in ways to successfully grow their businesses and impact their communities has been the gauge of our success.
Established (by Patterson) in 1984, we have almost 40 years’ experience in promoting and bringing attention to a wide range of clients, but our niche has always been hospitality/food & beverage. We have worked with award-winning chefs and restaurants, hotels, premium spirits producers, leading organizers of culinary events and authors of cookbooks, as well as non-profit organizations, luxury retirement communities, and real estate brokers.
President Biden visits the Houston Food Bank, 2021
COMPANY PRINCIPal
Paula Murphy
Paula Murphy received a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Houston and has been a part of the company’s staff since 1991.
Starting as an intern and then an account executive, she was made a partner in January 2000, and became agency principal in 2007. She has grown up in this business, literally and figuratively.
Through strong, long-term relationships with a wide-ranging list of both media contacts and clients, we have achieved excellent media coverage in local, regional, national and international media outlets.
Paula serves on PR and planning committees for non-profit fundraising events; is a board member of Houston Culinary Guild; an honorary member of the Food & Beverage Managers’ Association; past committee member for SOS Taste of the Nation; and a member of Foodways Texas and Greater Houston Restaurant Association/Texas Restaurant Association, and was on the Advisory Council for the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival. She also volunteers for The Beacon homeless day center (and on the planning committee for their annual Come to the Table Chefs Gala) and Houston Food Bank. She was a member of the PR committee for the Taste of the NFL 2016.
Paula was Special Projects Coordinator for My Table: Houston’s Dining Magazine for close to 20 years, assisting with production and coordination of events such as the annual Houston Culinary Awards and special reader events, contributed story ideas and facilitated cover art, among other tasks. She chaired Lawndale Art Center’s 20th Century Modern Market gala for nine consecutive years, and also served as public relations chairman for Lawndale Art Center’s annual fundraiser, the Hair Ball. The over-the-top event that saluted Texas’ iconic “big hair” and received national media attention from People, Vogue, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Good Morning America,” The Los Angeles Times and InStyle magazine and beyond.
Patterson & Murphy regularly employs professionals to assist with special projects and collateral client services, and partners with industry professionals as needed.
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