Dominique DiDia
General manager of PWHL Las Vegas
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Dominique DiDia, known as Domi,[1] is the general manager of the PWHL Las Vegas. She was an agent at CAA Sports and co-head of Women's Hockey, after launching the department in 2023, and is a former collegiate player for the NCAA Trinity College team.
Early life
She was born in Los Angeles, California[2][3] to Erin and Mark DiDia,[4] a music industry executive and talent manager. She has one sister, Nicolette.[5]
She played boys hockey until age 12, then joined the California Selects Girls Hockey Club in Huntington Beach.[1] While majoring in Psychology[5] at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, she played defense for four seasons,[6] served as captain during her senior year,[7] and graduated with the record for the most games played.[1]
Career
After college, DiDia joined the Los Angeles Kings in 2012,[8] where, during her nine-year tenure, she became its director for marketing and content publicity, while also a coach and board member for the LA Lions Girls Hockey Club.[9] She played on the Lions women's adult team as well.[10]
In 2018, DiDia won an Emmy for producing LA Kings sports promo short, We Are All Kings.[11]
In 2022, she became a marketing executive at CAA Sports, launched its women's hockey department in 2023,[12] and co-led the division, while representing women hockey athletes[9] and NFL players.[10] After the 2023 formation of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL),[1] she became a certified agent for PWHL players.[13]
Didia was appointed the inaugural general manager of the new PWHL Las Vegas team[8] on May 11, 2026.[13] She began filling the roster of the new team on June 5, 2026, with the launch of the PWHL expansion team signing period.[14] On June 10, she announced her choice of her former Trinity College teammate Kim Weiss for the team's first head coach.[15]