Cynthia de Lorenzi
Cynthia De Lorenzi, Success in the City
A serial entrepreneur and social commentator on the status of women in our world today I welcome the label “open networker” and, just for fun, “Diva Extraordinaire.”
Selected by the Washington Business Journal selected as one of the top 25 “Women Who Mean Business” in 2006.
As founder (in 2004) and chief executive officer of Success in the City, Ms. de Lorenzi leads an unconventional business networking organization for senior level executive businesswomen in the DC Metropolitan area. To help foster meaningful peer relationships and friendships among members, Success in the City’s format tosses creative and fun events as well as professional development discussions into the menu of opportunities to connect.
Ms. de Lorenzi maintains that when women are given the opportunity to “really” connect on a dynamic personal level, personal growth as well as consummating “deals-on-heels” is assured. More than a thousand women have participated in SITC events.
Ms. de Lorenzi is passionate about empowering others and the principle of paying-it-forward. In addition to leading Success in the City, Ms. de Lorenzi serves as a Board member of the Community Business Partnership and The Women’s Business Center, which provides training, assistance and support to businesswomen in Northern Virginia.
From 2002 to 2006, Ms. de Lorenzi led Patriot Computer Group and PatriotNet, coming on board shortly after the death of founder Bob de Lorenzi, her brother. In the face of intense competition from major national telecommunications carriers, she increased corporate revenues and successfully sold that internet service provider (ISP).
