Patricia Diaz Dennis
Chair, National Board of Directors

Patricia Diaz Dennis
Chair, National Board of Directors
Girl Scouts of the USA

Patricia Diaz Dennis serves as Girl Scouts of the USA's Chair of the National Board of Directors. As the highest ranking volunteer within Girl Scouting, Diaz Dennis leads the Board in guiding and overseeing the world's preeminent organization for girls' leadership development.

Diaz Dennis is dedicated to diversity and inclusion in Girl Scouting and believes strongly in helping girls become self-confident leaders of their lives. She is helping lead the organizational transformation and revitalization of the Girl Scout Movement through its Core Business Strategy.

She is Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for AT&T in San Antonio, Texas. A three-time presidential appointee, Diaz Dennis worked in the U.S. State Department, on the Federal Communications Commission, and on the National Labor Relations Board. She also served on the Texas State University System Board of Regents and the Texas-Mexico Relations transition team. Diaz Dennis is licensed in California, Texas and the District of Columbia, and admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

As the first Latina National Board Chair, Diaz Dennis is particularly concerned about young Latinas The New York Times labeled "endangered." Statistics show this group is at high risk of dropping out of school, has high rates of teen pregnancy, low self-esteem and leads in suicide attempts. Her goal is to introduce Hispanic families, and those from every under-represented population, to the tremendous benefits The Girl Scout Leadership Development Experience can give their daughters.

The Hispanic Women's Corporation honored Diaz Dennis for the inspirational role she plays in girls' lives on September 14, 2007 with the Latina Excellence Award and MANA – a National Latina Organization which empowers Latinas through leadership development – also named her a 2007 Las Primeras Award recipient for Community Service on October 4, 2007. Diaz Dennis has also received the 2006 Spelman College Legacy of Leadership Award; 2003 MALDEF Corporate Responsibility Service Award; 2002 Cuban American National Council Leadership Award; 2002 San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame Award – Law; 2001 Association for Women in Communications' Public Endeavor Award; 2000 Bexar County Women's Bar Association Belva Lockwood Outstanding Lawyer Award; 1999 San Antonio Women's Chamber of Commerce Corporate Executive of the Year Award; 1999 UCLA Latino Alumni Association Alumna of the Year Award; 1999 National Hispanic Employee Association Executive of the Year Award; and the 1992 Houston YWCA Hispanic Woman of the Year Award. Hispanic Business Magazine named her to its "100 Influentials" list in 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1996 and listed her in the "80 Elite Hispanic Women Directory" in 2002, and in 2004, the Top 25 Elite Women and 2005 Elite Women. Hispanic Magazine named her to its 100 Top Latinas list in 2004 and 2003.

Born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, Diaz Dennis holds a law degree from Loyola University of Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. She and her husband, Michael, are the proud parents of three adult children and one granddaughter.