President Patricia Gadsden
Bio
Patricia L. Gadsden is the founder and President of Life Esteem, a personal and professional enrichment training/consulting firm. She is an entrepreneur and respected workshop and seminar
leader who works with businesses, state agencies, colleges and schools, and educational and human
service organizations. Mrs. Gadsden has made numerous presentations and speeches at
conferences and conventions. Mrs. Gadsden was named one of the top 50 Pennsylvania Women
in Business for 2006 by the Central Penn Journal.
She has been contracted with the University of Pittsburgh’s PA Child Welfare Training Program since
1993 to provide diversity and other training for supervisors and new social workers in children
and youth agencies, as well as other providers of services to these agencies.
Mrs. Gadsden also contracts with the Pennsylvania Recovery Organization Alliance
(PRO-A) to facilitate the Certified Recovery Specialists training in Pennsylvania. She also
through Life Esteem contracts with the Dauphin County Drug and Alcohol Services to provide
Three parent training programs called Strengthening Families, Celebrating Families, and Strong
African American Families.
Life Esteem in July 2020 received a grant from the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Family and Recovery Support Services grant for individuals and families experiencing opioid
addiction and recovery. Mrs. Gadsden has been certified as a trainer for the Pennsylvania
Certification Board’s Recovery Specialist Curriculum training.