Patricia Keeney Maischoss

She is a seasoned professional with 20+ years experience in managing strategic talent acquisition and management solutions. Currently also a Board Member for Medicine For Humanity, a UCLA non profit. Prior was Managing Partner of Lucas Group for five years creating a San Francisco/Silicon Valley presence. Named by the SF Chronicle as one of the top 10 Retained Executive Recruiters, awarded Employee of the Year, as well as managed all P&L responsibilities in addition to being a top producer. Built and managed a large diverse technical and non-technical recruiting team creating a high margin global retained executive search practice delivering leadership for many early stage dot-com clients: Akamai, Selfcare, iGo, WebVan, Oracle Financial Services, Clorox, and Nvidia.

Earlier held a business development role for a clean energy university funded research company (CalTech/BYU partnership) transitioning it to a biofuel LLC with a consumer focused automotive product, closing venture capital, partnerships, managing investor relations and HR responsibilities.

Have been engaged in full-cycle recruiting from interviewing through negotiating since starting as a Recruiter at Baeder/Murphy, Beverly Hills for nine years. Opened three additional offices placing advertising and marketing management at Disney, Microsoft, Toyota & Mattel, plus global advertising agencies Weiden + Kennedy, TBWA/Chiat/Day and BBDO, on brands like Nissan, Taco Bell and Nike. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Communications from University of Utah in 1994.