Julio Suárez serves as Vice President of Community Impact at The Patterson Foundation, a fully endowed charitable foundation dedicated to strengthening people, organizations, and communities in ways that foster wide participation around shared quality-of-life aspirations.

Prior to joining The Patterson Foundation, Julio served as Managing Director at DRiWaterstone Human Capital, a boutique executive search and strategic consulting firm specializing in purpose- and mission-driven organizations. He successfully partnered with boards of directors, search committees, and executive hiring teams at foundations, nonprofits, and public service agencies to recruit and place leaders to serve as presidents, CEOs, executive directors, vice presidents, and development directors. He also worked with foundation clients on consulting projects to support strategic planning, stakeholder research and engagement, and grantmaking programs.

Julio brings extensive experience in foundation program management, grantmaking, corporate giving, cause marketing, and workplace giving and volunteering programs, which he gained while leading the Anheuser-Busch Foundation and the company's community impact programs, as well as the Darden Restaurants Foundation.

Julio holds both a BA and BS from the University of Kansas, an MBA from Baker University, a Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility from Harvard, and a Community Foundation Express Training certification. Active in his community, he has served on several nonprofit boards including the St. Louis Community Foundation, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, ACCP, and Philanthropy Missouri, among others.

To contact Julio: jsuarez@thepattersonfoundation.org