PATRICK

STONE

W S 9 S P E A K E R

Leader. Thinker. Watchman. Sage.

Chairman & Founder, Williston Financial Group

Patrick F. Stone

Chairman & Founder, Williston Financial Group

Pat has enjoyed a lengthy career in real estate and real estate-related services, including “C suite” officer positions with three public companies and serving as a director on two Fortune 500 Boards. His senior executive management positions included nine years as President and COO of the nation’s largest title insurance company, Chairman and Co-CEO of a software company, and CEO of a real estate data and information company.

Pat currently serves as Chairman and Founder of Williston Financial Group, and serves on the boards of Nassau Reinsurance, Transmodus, and Trysting Tree Golf Club. He previously served as Vice-Chairman of Metrocities Mortgage, a 2005 top twenty mortgage lender; and as Chairman of The Stone Group, an Austin, Texas-based tenant-rep brokerage company. Pat has also served on the boards of Fidelity National Financial, First American Corporation, FNIS, MicroGeneral, SKLD, World Minerals, Green Street Advisors, DigitalMap, Homegain, RedVision, Wystein Capital, and Inman News.

In 2013 Pat was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Real Estate” by Inman News and as one of the “Top 101 Real Estate Industry Doers” in 2015 and again in 2021. Other accolades include receiving HousingWire’s “Vanguard Award” in 2019 and again in 2021, Progress in Lending’s “Lending Luminary Award” in 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024, Inman’s “Best of Finance” award in 2023 and 2024, and October Research’s annual “Leadership Award” in 2020.

Pat’s philanthropic involvements include serving as former Chairman of the Santa Barbara Art Museum, Director of the Portland Art Museum, and a current Board Member of the Oregon Symphony. He is also a past Chairman of the Oregon State University Foundation and Co-Chair of its Billion-Dollar Capital Campaign. Pat has three daughters and seven grandchildren and resides in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Vicki.

What drew us to Pat for Worthshop 9 isn’t just his incredible track record. It’s the way he carries it. Pat is one of those people who’s seen it all. In a world quick to chase the new, he brings a rare steadiness. He’s built, advised, and led at the highest levels, yet he remains grounded in the fundamentals: leadership with integrity, long-term thinking, and service to something beyond himself. That kind of clarity, earned over decades, is exactly what this moment and this Worthshop call for.