Patricia DiDonato has been at the IRS for 35 years. She is currently Senior Manager in Large Business & International Division (LB&I), Enterprise Activities Practice Area, Financial Products and is responsible for the West Coast Territory. She was the Frontline Manager for Financial Products for 12 years and a Financial Products Agent for 5 years working on some of the largest and most complex returns and issues. Previously, she was a Revenue Agent in Small Business Self Employed business unit for 10 years and began her career as a Tax Compliance Officer. While in LB&I, she acted as Senior Manager for IRS NEXT to support the strategic design and implementation of the IRS reorganization as outlined in the Taxpayer First Act. She was Staff Assistant to the Director of Field Operations for 2 years. She made significant contributions to update the Internal Revenue Manual known as the LB&I Examination Procedures (LEP) which affects the way business is conducted by this division.   She worked on various projects to improve case selection and processing. Many of these changes affected the LEP IRM and have been incorporated into the Revenue Agent Training.   She has led a team of instructors to update the training content and teach the Financial Products Phase 3 training and other training issues affecting the FP specialty examinations. She provides new manager training given to managers hired under the Department of the Treasury. Pat received the 2022 IRS Excellence Award for her contributions to the Southern California Recruitment Team out of Glendale, CA, and as a member of the LB&I Community of Practice for both Hiring and Recruitment, continues to support these efforts in accordance with the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In 2020, she received the LB&I Diversity Award in recognition of her many years of service to the Hispanic Internal Revenue Employees (HIRE), as a volunteer board member for New Academy, two charter schools under the Los Angeles Unified School District, as an Advisor to the Multicultural Women’s Executive Leadership Program, and for her efforts to encourage and promote diversity in the workplace.

She has been active in HIRE since 1989 in many capacities. She began her two-year term as National President in August 2023 and with her board, leads efforts to promote career advancement, the HIRE mission, vision and goals. She has planned and supported numerous National Training Conferences, career advancement workshops, scholarship awards, community outreach, such as the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, and provides guidance to the local chapters. She chaired the Sponsorship Committee to provide financial support and various partnerships to ensure success of the National Training Conferences. She has been involved in strategic planning and implementation in various aspects including continued career advancement related workshops in collaboration with TAS and our own members, including during our very first Virtual Mini-Conference held in 2021, and was able to have the IRS Commissioner, Charles Rettig, provide opening remarks, and again at the Dallas, TX 2022 National Training Conference.

Before becoming the HIRE National President, she served as the West Coast Area Representative as liaison to speak on behalf of the West Coast HIRE Chapters, as the Southern California Chapter President, and in various positions while a HIRE Member. She is a true believer that together we shall go far and has provided continual support to others by reviewing job applications, mentoring, and providing mock interviews.

She is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California with a bachelor’s in business administration. She serves as an LMU Class Captain for the Latin American Alumni Association in the capacity of a liaison between the alumni, the current Latin American/Hispanic Students, and the school. She earned an MBA in Finance from California State University, Fullerton, is an inactive Certified Public Accountant in California and Nebraska. Patricia was the IRS CPA Los Angeles Board Vice President for many years in support of providing continuing professional education to IRS CPAs. She is the proud mother of two grown children and loves the company of her family and friends, traveling, hiking, trying new cuisines, learning new languages, and making a positive impact on others, while continually growing and learning herself.