Patrick Klinger has used his creativity and drive to design programs that engage audiences and lift up communities. He helped shape Agile Marketing Partners’ partnership with the Minnesota Wild and also helped bring the Minnesota-based Pinky Swear Foundation to the national stage through a collaboration with the New York Yankees, raising funds and awareness for children with cancer. Klinger is behind such initiatives as Pups with a Purpose, a program that teams University of Minnesota athletes with the NutriSource Facility Dog program at Masonic Children’s Hospital, and the Capital Club, a 120-member nonprofit networking organization that brings together business and community leaders.