Dini Merz

Dini Merz - Peace and Security Programs Program Director at the Proteus Fund.

"Prior to joining the Proteus team in March of 2003, she was the Program Director for the Tremaine Foundation where she designed the strategies as well as managed the grantmaking for the foundation's Learning Disabilities, Arts and Environment program areas. In this capacity she further helped the foundation design governance structures reflecting the family's philanthropic interests and develop its first program-related policies. Before the Tremaine Foundation she was an environmental policy consultant for Public Sector Consultants where she worked extensively on sprawl and contamination remediation. Dini serves as a Board member and Secretary of the New England Grassroots Environment Fund. She also serves on the Steering Committee of the Peace and Security Funders Group. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from The National Law Center, George Washington University in 1993, and graduated cum laude in international relations from Cornell University.“


 * Program Director, Colombe Foundation