Pat Mitchell joined Beale Street Caravan and the WLNZ family  in 1996 as an assistant to the blues radio program.

She  feels the biggest highlight of her broadcast career came in the year 2000. Pat was host of a live television broadcast of the National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award Ceremony, featuring a rare American speech by honoree Nelson Mandela. She also completed narration for her first documentary Visualizing the Blues, a photographic exhibit on the American South that is scheduled to Tour the United States until 2005.

Pat contributes to several alternative and music publications around the nation, as well as acting as an independent consultant to a diverse group of music organizations. She serves on the Board of Governors of the Memphis chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and was recently elected Secretary/Treasurer of the chapter. She also chairs the Recording Academy's regional MusiCares Committee.

An avid music lover, Pat helps organize annual Memphis events such as the Urban Grammy Showcase, Musician' s Health Fair and Independent Label Forum. She sits on the Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission and the Board of Directors of Surviving Artist, an organization that helps artists with financial planning and tax consultation. She is also co-founder of the Memphis Area Music Awards and the Mystic Salivators.

In addition, Pat is an energetic volunteer at the Memphis Literacy Council and the Holiday Angel Trees  program. She is also currently writing a travel book and developing a documentary on downtown Memphis.