Patty DeDominic is a successful entrepreneur and former President of the National Association of Women Business Owners.  She is now the Founder and Producer of the International Women’s Festivals, a collaboration of non-profit organizations dedicated to empowering girls and women through learning and networking events.  DeDominic joins Speak Up! to talk about this year’s festivities and her special offer to WomensRadio listeners.  The California International Women’s Festival will begin on March 5th at 4pm through March 6th at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, CA.


More about Patty DeDominic
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.

From 1979 through 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; The President’s Award from Women Impacting Public Policy and from her employees, One of American’s Finest Employers.

Patty is the former Chairman of the Board of the LA Area Chamber of Commerce as well as the Foundation SCORE 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 adviser 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 adviser to Dean Joseph Nye at The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

DeDominic is the author of The New World of Work and publishes a blog and ebook for mid-life career changers at 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.

More about the International Women's Festivals
The Women’s Festivals are the premier gathering of women seeking to empower themselves by connecting with the tools and resources they need to flourish and prosper in all aspects of their busy lives.  Its mission is to further the celebratory momentum behind Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, which is always on March 8th, and to address the crucial issues facing women today in an interactive, multi-cultural, and entertaining format—providing fertile ground for networking, referrals, and resource sharing.

The International Women's Festivals also seeks to benefit and encourage non-profit organizations specifically concerned with women, e.g., NAWBO, Girls Inc., etc. The Women's Festivals will celebrate the accomplishments and nurture the dreams of women in an interactive, multi-cultural, and multi-tracked format focusing on the five critical areas of women's lives: Personal, Professional, Philanthropic, Political, and Planet— otherwise known as the "5 Ps."

People from throughout the world will attend the California Women's Festival on March 5 & 6, 2010 at the Earl Warren Showgrounds located in beautiful Santa Barbara, California. The festival will include a professional business expo, awards program, and educational and enlightening discussions led by renowned speakers and authors.