Mary Panke, Strategic Knowledge Director

Mary Panke is Director of Knowledge Resourcing at Population Action International where she has worked since 2002. Mary manages the PAI Library and leads a Knowledge Management initiative focused on developing an integrated, learning-centered work environment that aligns with and supports PAI's collaborative work style.  Mary is a graduate of Carleton College and holds a masters degree in library sciences from Columbia University.  Prior to joining PAI, Mary worked for the United Nations Environmental Program's U.S. National Focal Point at the US Environmental Protection Agency where she served as editor of a Caribbean environmental newsletter and handled international inquiries on environmental regulations, research, legislation and health issues in the U.S. and abroad.  She also worked for several years in the Public Information and Communications Department at the Electric Power Research Institute's Washington DC office where she established library and information services, and helped pioneer a pre-internet national online request network.