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Patricia A. "Pat" Waak (born February 1, 1943) was the chair of the Colorado Democratic Party. A population and environmental policy analyst and consultant, Waak was elected to chair the Colorado Democratic Party in 2005. She led the party as it saw statewide gains in 2006 and won the right to host the Democratic National Convention. A superdelegate to the national convention, Waak publicly endorsed Sen. Barack Obama in late May 2008. ==Biography== Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma and raised in Texas, Waak, a registered nurse, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil where she taught maternal and child health〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Pat )〕 between 1966 and 1968.〔 She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology and a doctorate in ministry. During the Carter administration, she worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and then joined at Columbia University as Assistant Director for the Center for Population and Family Health. She then spent 17 years at the National Audubon Society,〔 from 1985 to 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1966: Patricia Waak served in Brazil in Maceio beginning in 1966 )〕 Waak was a delegate to the 1994 U.N. International Conference on Population and Development, and chaired the population and environment technical committee for the Commission on Environmental Strategies and Planning of the World Conservation Union.〔 She was named a Population Reference Bureau Honorary Fellow in 1992, and received the Audubon Society's Charles Callison Award in 1998.〔 She was the executive director of an environmental center and foundation in Loveland, Colorado.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patricia Waak Biography )〕 Waak is also the author of ''My Bones Are Red'', a genealogical memoir published in 2005 and "Planet Awakening" published by the National Audubon Society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=My Bones Are Red (Paperback) )〕 She is married to Ken Strom; Waak has two daughters from a previous marriage to Joe Baldi, Cinira Baldi and Rachel Carter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Waak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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