Michelle Patterson’s name conjures up many credits—visionary, author, acceleration executive, founder, passionate, talk show host, and dynamic speaker. She is a woman of many dimensions.
Today, Michelle Patterson is president of the Global Women Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity that serves to provide support, leadership, and advocacy for women’s initiatives around the globe. The charity, which started almost ten years ago as a local festival supporting twenty-two charities, has grown into a global movement for women.
Michelle is also the founder, president, and CEO of Women Network LLC, a digital media company giving women a voice to share their message. WomenNetwork.com’s “umbrella platform” shines a light on organizations and corporations that empower women and brings them together as a community to experience the Women Network’s motto: “We Are Better Together.” The online digital network provides women resources, tools, and advice to achieve their full potential.
Michelle is driven by the belief that everyone has something significant to contribute and that when people (male or female) come together and support one another, we truly are better together. She is committed to helping individuals discover their talent and connect with the right circle of people to live out their purpose.
Michelle Patterson had the good fortune to interview California governor George Deukmejian when she was twelve-years-old. Governor Deukmejian was just starting the California Women’s Conference to advance women’s causes. Nearly thirty years later, Michelle took over the reins of the well-known California Women’s Conference, continuing its twenty-eight-year tradition as the nation’s preeminent conference for women—a perfect example of the objective Governor Deukmejian set out when he first started the conference.
Michelle is a successful event promoter (Taste of Ladera), a lauded business accelerator (youngest regional vice president and national sales trainer for Robert Half, the world’s largest specialized recruiting firm), a sought-after media commentator (the Huffington Post, CNBC, Fox Business News, Bloomberg, and dozens of California television stations), an energetic and engaging public speaker, and host of a weekly radio show on Women Network Talk Radio.
Beyond her notable business success, Michelle is most passionate about her family. She lives in Ladera Ranch, California, with Eric, her husband of nearly twenty years and a successful corporate CFO in his own right, and their two beautiful children, Jaclyn and Chase.