Director of Marketing & Communications
Princeton Hydro
Trenton, NJ
Dana Patterson is Princeton Hydro’s Director of Marketing and Communications and is a passionate environmental communicator who brings a strong mix of diverse stakeholder engagement experience and values-based communication strategy. She specializes in branding, marketing, proposal management, grant writing, and digital media strategy and has held a variety of digital media positions in the nonprofit and academia sectors. She earned her Master of Environmental Management from Yale University’s School of the Environment where she focused on communication strategies around climate change and wildlife conservation and holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She previously served a five-year nonprofit role where she empowered dozens of individuals in environmental justice communities; taught thousands of students about wetlands, wildlife, and watersheds; and served a leadership role on a half dozen Community Advisory Groups providing technical guidance. She is an active board member of Sustainable South Jersey and the Society of American Military Engineers NJ Post, and sits on the American Sustainable Business Council’s “Clean Water is Good for Business” Steering Committee. On weekends, you can find Dana bird watching in parks, capturing nature’s beauty through photography, and exploring new trails.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM CDT