There were about 50 guys there and two girls. Zinn was graduated from Vance's training program and worked for the firm a little less than a year before taking a full time position with a Florida family. She began working for Dordal in 1996. Needless to say, there are advantages and liabilities to being a woman in the executive protection business. A lot of times females have to re-prove themselves each detail.
Females are under the gun a lot, especially if they are working with ex-military.
You don't have the stereotype of the big old rugged guy. Female clients are more comfortable with us, and we can go with them to places where guys can't. But she's a crack shot and has a black belt in jujitsu. Joe Ricci, marketing director for Vance International, said his firm received thousands of unsolicited resumes but kept only 300 to 350 on file and routinely used the same 100 to 125 people for executive protection details. Typical clients are American corporate executives traveling overseas, wealthy foreigners visiting the United States and Hollywood stars.