Patricia Diaz Dennis was senior vice president and assistant general counsel at AT&T until she retired in November 2008. She currently serves on the boards of directors of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Entravision, and U.S. Steel. She also sits on the LBJ Family Wealth Advisors Advisory Board and chairs the Sanctions Panel for The Global Fund. She was chair of Girl Scouts of the USA from 2005 to 2008. Diaz Dennis received three presidential appointments, confirmed by the U.S. Senate: member, National Labor Relations Board (1983-86); commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (1986-89), and assistant secretary of state for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (1992-93).

Among her many awards, Diaz Dennis was selected by the Women and the Law Section of the Texas State Bar in June 2012 to receive the Sarah T. Hughes Women Lawyers of Achievement award. In November 2009, the National Hispana Leadership Institute presented her its national Mujer award. In April 2008, Texas Diversity magazine named her one of eight Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas and gave her a Glass Ceiling Award; in February 2008, Hispanic magazine named her one of the top 25 best Latinos in business, and she received the 2007 Association of Fundraising Professionals Award for her ongoing commitment to volunteerism and philanthropy. Diaz Dennis was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in 2002.

She holds a law degree from Loyola University of Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.