Full Name
Danae Pauli
Job Title
Senior Advisor
Company
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
Speaker Bio
Passionate about leveling the global playing field, Danae joined the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) team in March 2023, where she currently leads a portfolio covering health, gender and agriculture investments in low- and middle-income countries around the world, as well as PGI’s flagship Lobito economic corridor in southern Africa. Danae initially joined the Biden-Harris administration in 2021 in the Department of Commerce, leading policy and organizational transformation at the Minority Business Development Agency and completing a detail assignment in the Secretary of Commerce’s office supporting the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework initiative.
Originally from Boston, Danae is an experienced operational leader, growing impact-driven companies in the U.S. and Africa, with a particular expertise in organizational culture. She began her career working for non-profit international development organizations across East Africa on issues ranging from post-conflict peace building and health system improvement to empowerment of refugee women and youth. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris administration, she served as East Africa Managing Director for Nova Pioneer, a venture-backed pan-African school network and as a Division Vice President for DaVita, a U.S.-based Fortune 200 healthcare services company.
Danae holds an undergraduate degree in Government from Harvard and earned an MBA along with a Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was recognized as an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow.
In 2013, Danae co-founded the Stanford Graduate School of Business Women’s Circles program, supporting female graduates of all ages to thrive personally and professionally, where she continues to serve on the Global Management Board. She serves as Board Chair of Delta Education Collective, a movement to revolutionize rural Uganda public primary schools, and recently joined the board of the Ubuntu Center for Peace, bringing a community-based social healing model to help individuals overcome trauma and mental health challenges in Rwanda.
In her free time, Danae enjoys running, wine tasting and exploring the self-guided walking tours around Washington, D.C.
Originally from Boston, Danae is an experienced operational leader, growing impact-driven companies in the U.S. and Africa, with a particular expertise in organizational culture. She began her career working for non-profit international development organizations across East Africa on issues ranging from post-conflict peace building and health system improvement to empowerment of refugee women and youth. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris administration, she served as East Africa Managing Director for Nova Pioneer, a venture-backed pan-African school network and as a Division Vice President for DaVita, a U.S.-based Fortune 200 healthcare services company.
Danae holds an undergraduate degree in Government from Harvard and earned an MBA along with a Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was recognized as an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow.
In 2013, Danae co-founded the Stanford Graduate School of Business Women’s Circles program, supporting female graduates of all ages to thrive personally and professionally, where she continues to serve on the Global Management Board. She serves as Board Chair of Delta Education Collective, a movement to revolutionize rural Uganda public primary schools, and recently joined the board of the Ubuntu Center for Peace, bringing a community-based social healing model to help individuals overcome trauma and mental health challenges in Rwanda.
In her free time, Danae enjoys running, wine tasting and exploring the self-guided walking tours around Washington, D.C.
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