Mansfield brags that she only raises funds from "billionaires". My guess is that her main goal in contacting Pedosta was to be put in touch with mega-rich folks who might want to fund her work with Edgar Mitchell.
A related data point is that in summer/autumn 2016, Tom DeLonge from Blink 182 briefly made available a vimeo of him interviewing Pedosta about alien disclosure. I haven't seen that video since… at the time it was shot, I don't think many people associated Pedosta with kiddy crimes.