Produced by New York Women in Communications at www.nywici.org. Education: BA, journalism, University of Hawaii Career: Serial entrepreneur who has co-founded three award-winning PR and marketing agencies. The last one, PadillaCRT, is the largest, employee-owned PR agency in the U.S. with 200 employee-owners. Current: Chief “Joy” Officer at Joyful Planet, a business and life strategy consultancy…Read More

Article Written by prsa.org editor. Tiffany Cody sat down with Chief Joy Officer Patrice Tanaka to discuss diversity and gender equality in the public relations industry.

Article Written by pressnewsroom.com editor. Patrice Tanaka recently hit two Amazon Best-Seller lists in the United States and Canada with “Beat the Curve.” Headshot, business New York, NY – February 11, 2016 – Patrice Tanaka recently joined a select group of business experts and entrepreneurs from around the world, along with Brian Tracy to co-author the…Read More

Article Written by holmesreport.com editor. Patrice Tanaka, who served as creative director of her own firm will serve as honorary chair of the 2016 North American SABRE Awards jury. NEW YORK—Patrice Tanaka, who served as creative director of her own firm—and following acquisitions, as chief creative strategist at CRT/tanaka and PadillaCRT—will serve as honorary chair…Read More

Originally written and posted on www.prweek.com Her ultimate goal: “create a more joyful planet.” NEW YORK: Patrice Tanaka, chief counselor and creative strategist at PadillaCRT, has departed the firm to launch career coaching company Joyful Planet. Tanaka started working on Joyful Planet as a side project last year, but started focusing on it full-time last month….Read More