Producer
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, authors and elected officials. Her firm’s prime focus is: Helping Achievers Soar.
In 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, their executives, founders and chairpersons. Her
work is performed with complete NP Integrity Act and SOX-updated business
practices in mind when working on sensitive matters, DeDominic
is well known for her advice and counsel to top achievers and elected officials
which include Prime Ministers, Presidents and other high level elected,
future and former CEO’s, academic leaders, educators and change
agents in business and public policy.
1979 – 2006. DeDominic founded and grew PDQ Personnel Services, Inc. which evolved to PDQCareers.com and CT Engineering. She sold those companies in 2006 to what became a billion dollar staffing firm. Part of the PDQ story is a case study of successful entrepreneurship and succession planning for the MBA program at Stanford University. DeDominic’s firms have won national recognition and were honored by University of Southern California, Harvard University, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Working Woman Magazine and Bank One among others.
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 Goddess Artemis Award presented in Greece in 2007; The Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award from Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY.org); The President’s Award from Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP.org) and from her employees, One of American’s Finest Employers. 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 www.SCORE.org and was the National President of The National Association of Women Business Owners. She served 6 years as a Director of the Jane Goodall Institute and 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.
DeDominic is the author of The New World of Work (‘96) and publishes a blog and ebook for mid life career changers at www.thenewnewworldofwork.com
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.
2010 Festival Theme: Connectivity
- Better future relationships
- Building a better world through philanthropy
- Building better businesses - Skills for Success
- Better health
- Better planet - smarter, sustainable, and green
- Working with young women, future leaders, building self-sufficiency
