"Pat" Waak (born February 1, 1943) is an American political executive who served as the chair of the Colorado Democratic Party from 2005 to 2011.
A population and environmental policy analyst and consultant, Waak was elected to chair the Colorado Democratic Party in 2005.
She led the party as it saw statewide gains in 2006 and won the right to host the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
[3][4] During the Carter administration, she worked for the United States Agency for International Development before joining Columbia University as Assistant Director for the Center for Population and Family Health.
[5] She was named a Population Reference Bureau Honorary Fellow in 1992, and received the Audubon Society's Charles Callison Award in 1998.