Lynne Patterson
Based in New York City, Lynne serves as a Pro Mujer Ambassador throughout the US and UK and is a key member of the organization’s Development and Communications team. In 1990, Lynne moved with her family to Bolivia where she met and partnered with Carmen Velasco to develop training programs for women receiving donated food. These programs, in business and child development, and health and family planning, would later become the foundation for Pro Mujer. From 1996 to 2005, Lynne led Pro Mujer’s expansion efforts in Nicaragua, Peru, Mexico and Argentina. She also opened the organization’s international headquarters in New York in 1997. Lynne was a finalist for The Guardian’s 2010 “International Development Achievement Award.” In 2009, she was honored by the International Development Bank as a “Woman Microfinance Pioneer in Latin America.” In 2007, Lynne and Carmen were recognized as “Community Crusaders” at the “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” ceremony: communications@promujer.org
