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Born in San Francisco to first generation Italian, Greek-Irish Americans as the youngest of four girls, Patria grew up with parents active in the world of doing what needed to be done! From campaigning door to door for a presidential campaign to establishing an organisation for veterans, Patria’s childhood “being there” experience was about doing well.
In 1986, she moved to Australia to join a boutique brewery in Western Australia, Matilda Bay Brewing Co., and concentrated her efforts on launching new concepts on an unsuspecting market. The success of both the product and the company led to Matilda Bay being one of the most highly acclaimed boutique-brewing establishments in Australia.
After 15 years as an employee Patria decided to start her own business. She just needed one thing - an opportunity. That opportunity came in 1989 in the form of Phil May and Western Roast.
Phil roasted and sold kilos of coffee – 187 kilo’s per week in fact. It was in her opinion that amount could be lifted significantly. Armed with marketing expertise, full of ideas, dreams and a passion for coffee she explained her global vision to Phil. He smiled and simply said “lets talk”.
In 1990 Patria & Phil formed Dôme Coffees Australia. In less then 10 years Dome grew to a multi-million dollar international importer, exporter franchiser, retailer and restaurateur with outlets throughout Australia, South East Asia, Indonesia and the Middle East.
In the early years Patria managed all this as a single woman, mother and business owner. In the early years she was both waitress and Marketing Director for what was our first café in Cottesloe and she was constantly challenged, exhausted, invigorated, and overwhelmed. Meetings between nappy changes, cleaning toilets and baking cakes until 4am was her “doing what needed to be done”.
What kept her going through these years? A common question asked by many, and one that is easily answered with one word –passion.
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