Diédre Paterno Pai

Outreach and Engagement Manager

Diedre is responsible for developing and executing PAX sapiens’ outreach strategy to engage with partners. She develops strategies for identifying potential partners, establishing initial relationships and identifying points of shared interests and agreement, and building impact-focused partnerships. Diedre also implements convening and facilitation strategies to help coalesce these relationships into networks focused on collective action.

Diedre earned her Masters in Public Policy and Administration at the University of Colorado, Denver where she learned to work collectively to identify and define issues and move towards solutions that can be implemented. She cultivated her ability to bring experts and stakeholders together to work towards a shared goal in freshwater conservation at the Nature Conservancy and through years of work in international development across East Africa. She has engaged in building solutions for myriad issues including but not limited to primary education, women's reproductive health, technology access and human rights around the globe.

Diedre spends her free time exploring the wilds of the American West, reading, writing and making sure her children see as much of the world and its people as possible. She is married with two teenage daughters.