As the first female Managing Director of The Hermitage Hotel, Dee Patel is no stranger to the reality of being a woman in a male-dominated field. “As a woman in leadership, I, like many others, have been subjected to unfair stereotypes,” she says. “On occasion, people have misconstrued my transparency, honesty, and confidence as arrogance, so I have fought to develop a strong sense of self and trust my inner voice.”
IGNITING A PASSION
I was born in Coventry, England. At the age of 14 I made my first trip to the United States, which evolved into me staying for a year. I started ninth grade in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and began to navigate the culture of the South. Upon graduating high school I moved to Charleston to attend Johnson &…
