About Patch

What is Patch?

Patch is an innovative way to find out about, and participate in, what's going on near you.

What can you do on Patch?

Contribute content! Patch welcomes and encourages community members to post directly to the site.
Keep up with news and events
Learn more about local businesses and the people behind them
Participate in discussions

Who’s behind Patch?

Patch is run by professional editors and salespeople. We look forward to meeting you and hearing your stories. If you see us around town, don't be afraid to say hi and tell us what you want to see on Patch!

Where you come in

We hope that our sites will strengthen communities and improve the lives of their residents, but we can't do it without you. We've built Patch so that you have plenty of opportunities to comment on stories, share your opinions and add events to the community calendar. So get to it!

Who we are

Charles “Charlie” C. Hale

Chairman and CEO

Charlie Hale is the president of Hale Global. AOL Inc. and Hale Global partnered to spin out Patch in January 2014. For 17 years, Hale Global has been helping talented teams transform software and information organizations through product innovation, operational support, and team-building. Charlie is currently a Director of QL2 Software LLC and RivalWatch LLC. Charlie holds an MBA, with Honors, from Harvard Business School and a BA from the Yale University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was the Opinion Editor for his high school newspaper, the Milton Measure.

Warren St. John

President

Warren St. John is the President of Patch. He is the author of the national bestsellers "Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Journey into the Heart of Fan Mania" and "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference." A former reporter for the New York Times, he has also written extensively for The New Yorker, the New York Observer, and Wired. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, attended Columbia University and now lives in New York City.

Kara Seymour

Editor in Chief

Kara Seymour is the Editor in Chief at Patch. She has spent two decades covering community news, working at daily and weekly newspapers in Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She joined Patch in 2010 as the local editor for the Newtown, PA Patch and moved on to serve as the New Jersey/Pennsylvania regional manager before becoming Editor in Chief. Kara is a James Madison University graduate who lives in Bucks County, PA with her husband and five children.