Patty DeDominic
Founder, DeDominic & Associates

Capitalizing on over two decades as a successful entrepreneur and Board member, Patty currently operates a specialized consulting group, DeDominic & Associates, which offers professional coaching and business services to enterprise builders, high achievers and authors. Her firm’s prime focus is: Helping Achievers Soar.

In June, 2008 DeDominic earned the ISS Certification (Institutional Shareholder Services/Corporate Governance) from U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. DeDominic builds and advises Boards. Her work is performed with complete SOX-updated business practices in mind when coaching executives and employees of publicly traded companies. When working on sensitive business matters, DeDominic is well known for her advice and counsel to top achievers and elected officials.

1979 – 2006. DeDominic founded and grew PDQ Personnel Services, Inc. which evolved to PDQCareers.com and CT Engineering. She sold those companies and remains as a consultant to Santa Barbara based Select Staffing, which is now the nation’s largest privately-held staffing firm with annual revenues exceeding $3B. Part of the PDQ story is a case study of successful entrepreneurship and succession planning for the MBA program at Stanford University.

Named CEO of the Year by the LA Business Journal in 2006, DeDominic has received over 20 distinguished awards including: Outstanding Business Leader from Northwood University and Women of Inspiration from Girls Inc. in 2008; The Bank One Top Customer Service Award; The Goddess Artemis Award presented in Greece in 2007; The Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award from Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY.org); and, The President’s Award from Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP.org). She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame over ten years ago.

Patty is the former Chairman of the Board of the LA Area Chamber of Commerce as well as the Foundation for SCORE, and was the National President of The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO.org). She currently serves as a Director of the Jane Goodall Institute and sits on the Board of Governors for HOBY.org. In addition, she is an advisor to the Chair and Founder of Promerica Bank in Los Angeles, The Weidemann Foundation (micro-credit lending), and several internet start-ups. From 2002-2005, she was a special advisor to Dean Joseph Nye at The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Patty and her husband, Gene Sinser, currently reside in Santa Barbara, CA. Having raised five children, their family has expanded to include five grandchildren and lots of animals.