John E. Patchett

John Patchett is an attorney who founded Enlightened Vision LLC in 2006 to develop and provide innovative Internet-based communications services and programming, including podcasting production and services for professional groups, organizations, and businesses. John has maintained a passion for broadcasting since his childhood, and, prior to his election to the Iowa Legislature, he worked for three years as a broadcast journalist, anchor, and producer – and initially as a disc jockey - for commercial and public radio stations in Iowa. Forming Enlightened Vision has allowed him to continue and expand on that interest.

John spent 20 years in association management. He was CEO of the Wisconsin Medical Society for eight years, during which time he also served as Secretary of the Wisconsin Medical Society Holdings Board, Secretary of the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation, and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute and a member of its Board of Directors. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin.

Prior to joining the WMS, John served for two years as Deputy CEO of the Florida Medical Association in Tallahassee and for ten years at the American Medical Association in Chicago where he directed state legislative advocacy services. Before the AMA, John was in the private practice of law in Iowa for five years and also served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973-1980. Since 2005, he has also acted as a consultant for enetrix - a Middleton-based innovative technology company specializing in sophisticated, web-based “enterprise” business solutions – working primarily with medical and health-related associations, bar and legal associations, and political organizations.

John earned his Juris Doctorate degree with honors from the University Of Iowa College Of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science from the University of Iowa. John and his wife Mary Rita have four children and split their time between Iowa City, Iowa, and Middleton, Wisconsin. When not working, you can often find him on a golf course or following collegiate and professional sports (including the “sport” of politics).

johnp@enlightenedvision.com