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Patricia Stark is a fun, sharp, and approachable television host & actor. A former Miss New York, El Salvador Karaoke Contest Winner, News Anchor, and eye ball shaking champion, Patricia has served as host for several nationally distributed programs airing in the U.S. and Canada. Most recent news: Patricia recently completed a pilot for The Learning Channel as a career coach bringing her experience as founder of MediaImageCoach.com hosting the new show "Paycheck Showdown".

Other hosting experience includes:
“Dinner & A Flick” - with chefs from the Culinary Institute of Connecticut- WB Network
-Recipe segments within sponsored movies.

“Education Showcase” an award winning monthly program taped at CNBC studios and sponsored in part by Discovery Networks airing in more than 1100 cable systems reaching over 33 million households. (8 Years)

“The Movie Loft” a monthly countdown show highlighting the best in Pay-Per-View programming airing in over 400 cable systems throughout the U.S. and Canada. (7 Years)

"New Jersey Works" on NJN, a career news program created by The Employment Channel and sponsored by the NJ Department of Labor, and it's sister program in Connecticut "Connecticut Worknet" on CPTV. ( 2 Years)

“Meet The Leaders” a political interview series for Cablevision in New York, including election coverage. (2 Years)

“MDTV Medical News Now” an award winning medical news and interview program reaching 45 million viewers. (8 Years)

Recent projects include 18 “Health & Lifestyle Tips” spots for Prevention Magazine
and corporate training programs for Pepsi and Pilot Pen.

Other on-air experience includes hosting numerous "Food Bites" segments on the Food Network, segment host for the in-hospital network The Newborn Channel and several years hosting the national cable & local broadcast programs Health & Home Report, Medtalk, Focus On Health, Entertainment News & Views, and Neighborhood Journal.

Hundreds of corporations have hired Patricia as a spokesperson for their corporate training & promotional videos as well as moderator for live corporate meetings & events including: Novartis,GE Healthcare, Aventis, Kodak, Kraft, Xerox, Trump, Sony, Chase, Morgan Stanley, Mastercard, Panasonic, ADP, NASDAQ, Canon, Colgate, Foxwoods, Krups, Cigna, & M&M Mars to name a few.

Her special skills include a high proficiency in the use of Ear Prompter, a wonderfully efficient tool that saves time and money. Patricia can easily record last minute scripts and changes on location and when a traditional TelePrompter set up is not possible or desirable. Patricia has over 14 years experience working with TelePrompter including long format scripts, live broadcast and cold reads. She had conducted hundreds of on-air interviews with all levels of medical personnel & patients, politicians, educators, corporate executives, newsmakers & Celebrity interviews with Helen Hayes, Carnie Wilson, Andrew Dice Clay, Linda Blair, Robbin Quivers, Jackie Martling, Donna Karan & Tommy Hilfiger.

The Rockland Business Association, Rockland Economic Development Corporation & The Journal News in New York, honored Patricia in their annual Young Business Leaders Recognition Program “40 Under 40” which celebrates “Rockland’s Young Movers & Shakers.”

Patricia founded MediaImageCoach.Com in 2003 and has coached many medical & corporate professionals as well as novices & students to deliver better on-camera & live presentations and provides extensive career guidance. Through one-on-one training as well as group classes, she currently teaches TelePrompter, EarPrompter, and On-Camera Hosting & Interview Skills in New York City and travels around the country coaching private corporate, medical, & programming clients.  The American Medical Association has invited Patricia to join their faculty of instructors at the 2007 Health Communicators Conference in Tampa, FL as a Media Trainer.

Patricia has been a member of both the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists since 1997, a member of the Media Communications Association International formerly the International Television Association since 1995.  Patricia is represented by Abrams Artists Agency in New York.