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Patty Brisben is the CEO and founder of Pure Romance, the nation's fastest-growing woman-to-woman in-home direct sales company specializing in relationship enhancement products and intimacy education. Since founding Pure Romance in 1993, Patty's passion and leadership have pushed the company to a 250% increase in sales from three years ago. In 1983, motivated by a desire to spend more time with her family, Patty got involved with an in-home party business selling relationship enhancement products and educating women on how to open the lines of communication with their partner to improve intimacy. Her experience there would ultimately serve as the foundation of Pure Romance. By the time that company folded in the early-90s, Patty had become a star in the field who recognized a strong demand for these services. She had no formal business training, and no office, but had a group of 55 distributors who needed product and support. Recognizing the overwhelming demand in the marketplace, she created the company that would become Pure Romance. Since that time, Pure Romance has become a full-fledged educational and retail force, with thousands of nationwide consultants and sales of more than $50 million in the fiscal year of 2005. Drawing from extensive research in the industry and through her warm and engaging personality, Patty has become a noted expert in the fields of intimacy and relationships. Her work has put her in the national spotlight, with appearances on CNN, Vh1 and numerous profiles in leading business publications, including Forbes and Entrepreneur. Patty's passion and commitment to empowering women to pursue safe and healthy relationships has pushed Pure Romance to also become a resource for and champion of sexual health awareness. Under her direction Pure Romance has taken several proactive steps to raise the level of education on these issues including: participating in a college tour, creating a breast cancer survivor program (Sensuality, Sexuality, Survival) and collaborating on research studies with Indiana University (home of the Kinsey Institute). Additionally, Patty started the Patty Brisben Foundation. Prior to her work at Pure Romance, Patty worked in the medical field. She has four children, including three sons and a daughter, each of whom holds prominent positions in her company including her son Chris Cicchinelli who acts as President of Pure Romance. Daughter, Lauren, is following in her footsteps and becoming one of Pure Romance's top consultants. | 