DESIREE PATNO - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Broker
• CEO and President of Women
• DPE President & CEO

Desirée Patno is the CEO and President of Women in the Housing and Real Estate Ecosystem (NAWRB) and Desirée Patno Enterprises, Inc. (DPE). With almost three decades specializing in the Housing and Real Estate Ecosystem, she leads her executive team's expertise of championing women's economic growth and independence. Representing Fortune 100 companies in their relocation needs and selling thousands of properties across multiple platforms, she brings insider knowledge to NAWRB's mission of advancing women and women-owned businesses. As Chairwoman of NAWRB's Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC), she oversees the Council's efforts to raise the number of women leaders and grow women's employment and empowerment at all levels in the housing ecosystem. NAWRB has raised awareness of diverse opportunities, supporting the development and implementation of workforce and supplier diversity standards for the multi-trillion dollar housing sector since 2010. Desirée resides on the Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) Leadership Advisory Council and Enterprising Women Advisory Board. In 2017, she was named the Highest-Ranking Woman and 4th Overall Top Real Estate Influencer to Follow by Entrepreneur.com, presented On the Margins of the 72 nd U.N. General Assembly, The Intersection between Gender Diversity, Innovation and Economic Sustainability, and received the Connected Women of Influence Women's Advocate of the Year Award and Walker's Legacy Power25 Award. In 2016, she was honored with HousingWire's Women of Influence Awa rd and was selected as the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Women in Business Champion of the Year.