Patricia S. Sinay

Patricia is the founder of Community Investment Strategies, a consulting firm connecting nonprofits and foundation’s passion to action.  Prior to consulting, Patricia worked for The San Diego Foundation for nearly six years where as the Associate Vice President for the Community Partnerships Department, she managed The Foundation’s Civil Society Program which fostered community problem solving that built on the diverse perspective and talents of San Diegans and she also managed The Foundation’s Organizational Success Program which supported nonprofit organizations in strengthening their ability to achieve their missions.  Patricia was a German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Fellow in Slovakia, where she worked with three community foundations.  More recently, Patricia was invited by the Vancouver Foundation to be a peer reviewer of the foundation’s grant making programs.  In 2003, Patricia was named to San Diego’s “2003 40 Under Forty” an honor roll of young community leaders sponsored by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine. 

Prior to working with The San Diego Foundation, Patricia was a Multi-Cultural Fellow with The San Francisco Foundation and a Field Services Manager in San Mateo with the American Cancer Society where she developed programs for the Latino community.  Before focusing on local community building, Patricia worked with various international development organizations in Washington D.C.  She is an immigrant from Latin America and she has an M.A. in International Affairs from American University and a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA.