Brent Hatch Joins Geneva Patch Team!

Geneva Patch's newest team member "is desperately seeking a good pickup basketball game."

He's also a longtime Fox Valley resident, a former interactive sales manager with the esteemed Denver Post and (ta da!) the new ad manager for Geneva Patch. He replaces the fabulous , who simply ran into an equally fabulous job offer she couldn't refuse, the bum.

Brent is a Cubs fan, but we don't know if he's a Bud man. He's a family guy, but fortunately, he's not The Family Guy. He's a frequent user of the semi-colon. He's going to make your life ridiculously easy.

I really like his newspaper background and his approach to advertising. We're extremely lucky and proud to have him on board. Do me a huge favor and buy tens of thousands of dollars of ads from him.

Here's his bio, written in his own words.

Brent Hatch

Email: brent.hatch@patch.com
Phone: (630) 596-3655
Hometown: Warrenville
Born: April 6, 1964

Brent grew up in the Fox Valley area, raised in Warrenville and graduated from Yorkville High School. After high school, Brent spent the next 26 years of his life in beautiful Colorado before moving back to the area recently.

With more 13 years of media experience—most of it coming with The Denver Post, where Brent started in the circulation department and eventually ended up as an interactive sales manager. Brent has been the ad manager for the Naperville, Montgomery, Oswego and Yorkville Patch sites since their inception.

He loves to tell people he married the first girl he ever dated, Leigh, (also a Yorkville High School graduate) last summer. They each have two children—the youngest of the four graduates high school this spring.

Brent loves sports and plays on two baseball teams. He is also an avid Cubs and Bears fan and is desperately seeking a good pickup basketball game.

Brent loves his work at Patch.

“Working with small businesses, so many are unfamiliar with online marketing as they generally have had little or no experience with Internet advertising. I really enjoy walking folks through the basics; educating, discussing expectations, and advising business owners.

"Sometimes, the best fit isn’t always Patch or anything to do with the Internet. The many years of newspaper and digital experience I have at my disposal help me make wise recommendations that my clients really appreciate and trust.”