Research Report: International Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene 2011

Jeff co-founded Aquaya in 2005 following an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowship at the Office of the Global Change Research Program the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he was awarded a Bronze Medal for his work on drinking water in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Jeff has worked in the water field for 15 years, on issues ranging from water reclamation and efficiency in irrigated agriculture to hydrologic cycle aspects of climate change. At Aquaya, Jeff has led efforts on improving the delivery of water- related goods and services, including our work in understanding the influences on end-user adoption of water innovations among low-income populations. Currently, Jeff is managing Aquaya’s work in Vietnam to pilot novel water treatment technologies and management models for rural water supplies. Jeff holds a degree from Brown University and a PhD from Yale University. From 2002 to 2004, he held a joint faculty appointment with the Center for Environmental Studies and the Department of Geological Sciences at Brown University. He was also a Visiting Scholar at Brown’s Watson Institute of International Studies during that time.

Emma Anakhasyan is on the Steering Committee at Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), a worldwide strategic alliance of local, national and international women’s organizations and networks, active in the areas of sustainable development, water & sanitation, poverty and gender. WfWP consists of 24 women’s networks with subsidiaries in approximately 100 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the EECCA region and Western Europe. She is also Head of the Environmental Health Department at Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE), a non governmental organization (NGO) and a national network of focal points working for sustainable development, protection of human health and environment and poverty reduction in close partnership with international environmental and health networks. She has worked with the DHI, Women’s Water Fund, an initiative to support women from developing countries in advancing their career opportunities in the development and management of water resources. She holds an MD and a Masters of Public Health from the American University of Armenia.

Bruck W Aregai is a Senior Adviser and Leader of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme of SNV in Vietnam. He has over 16 years of experience in the WASH sector in developing countries with regards to policy and strategy formulation; project design and project cycle management; result based planning and management and working with governments and donors. Prior to SNV, Bruck worked with various NGOs, USAID and UNICEF, bilateral & multi lateral development programmes and joint action initiatives and forums. He has led studies and consultancy assignment teams; guided programme/project review and evaluation missions; and led and participated in the design and management of environmentally sound integrated WASH programmes. Bruck has a postgraduate qualification in Capacities for Managing Development; undergraduate studies in Water Resources Engineering and in Civil Engineering.

Glenn Austin is group leader of product development teams and the director of the Safe Water Project in Program for Appropriate Technology in Health's (PATH) Technology Solutions Global Program. With the Safe Water Project, Mr. Austin leads an international team developing new market models for provision of household water treatment and safe storage products through commercial partners. Work is taking place in India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Ghana, and Tanzania, and learning collaborations are taking place around the world. Before coming to PATH, he managed a wide variety of projects for M+IND, a Seattle-based product development consulting firm. He also sits on the management board for Aquatest, a water quality test consortium based in Bristol, UK. Mr. Austin studied mechanical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and obtained a bachelor of science degree in industrial design from Western Washington University. He has additional experience and education in management, engineering, and computer-aided design. He holds numerous patents for products invented and developed at PATH and M+IND.

Kathy Baczko is Director of Global Partnerships for the WASH Advocacy Initiative. Her work with the global crisis of water/sanitation/hygiene began in 2005 while working for the William J. Clinton Foundation. She was involved in the launch of the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative (CHDI) in Africa and led the design and initial implementation of the CHDI water/sanitation initiative in Rwanda, including small and large scale solutions for WASH and irrigation. Ms. Baczko then assumed the role of New York City Director of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), which focuses on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across buildings, transportation, lighting, waste and water. She led CCI’s engagement with the historic retrofit of the Empire State Building, which now serves as a global model of the benefits of a holistic, integrated energy efficiency building retrofit. Kathy’s background includes project development and management, strategic planning, fund-raising, advocacy and community mobilization in the non-profit sector. She has been involved with Save the Children for over a decade and was instrumental in establishing its national Delegation Leadership Council. She has also engaged in a number of national political campaigns. Throughout her work, she keeps a particular focus on educating women and bringing them into the process. A graduate of Georgetown University, Ms. Baczko served as President of the Georgetown University Alumni Association (2002-2004) and remains active with Georgetown. She serves on the Board of the Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA).

Brian Banks is Communications Manager at Global Water Challenge nonprofit coalition of leading organizations in the water and sanitation sector He is also the Project Coordinator for the Global Environment and Technology Foundation, a nonprofit organization which seeks to shape a brighter future for communities and the environment by developing innovative strategic plans, creating high-impact partnerships, introducing new technologies and managing programs that have a lasting and positive impact on the world. There he manages a broad water project portfolio around the world, and leads the WASH Sustainability Charter iniative. He has worked with PlayPumps International, an organization which installs 'PlayPump' water systems in African countries, and Umande Trust, a Kenyan rights-based organization which brings together teams of resource persons to improve access to water and sanitation. Brian Banks holds a BA in International Studies and an MA in International Politics; Development and Human Rights from American University.

Diana Betancourt is the Central America Regional Manager for Water for People, a nonprofit working to improve quality of life in developing countries by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education programs. She has vast experience in the public sector, especially in the areas of Water and Sanitation and Environmental Management Plans and Policies. Mrs. Betancourt has been working in the water supply and sanitation sector of Honduras since 1988 and with Water for People since 1998. She is co-founder of Beinsa Consultores, a consulting company that specializes in providing sanitation and environmental solutions to the public and private sector. She has developed international consulting services in El Salvador, Guatemala and Ecuador. Mrs. Betancourt received her undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Honduras UNAH and a Master of Science in Environmental Sanitation from the State University of Ghent-Belgium. She has taken specialized courses on Water Resources Management and Environmental Impact Assessment Studies, as well as on Wastewater Depuration Systems and Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001) in Venezuela, Costa Rica, México, Puerto Rico, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Sarah Bramley is a School Health and Nutrition Specialist for Save the Children, working in Central America, Bolivia, Tajikistan, Vietnam, China and Kenya. Sarah has worked in community based child survival in Guatemala, in water advocacy with the Safe Water System at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in program support to the Millennium Water Alliance. Bramley served as International Program Manager at WaterPartners International. She was part of the Water Team at CARE, was involved with the WASHplus project, and has worked with Water for People in Africa. Sarah has a bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, and Society from Vassar College and a Master’s in Public Health in Global Health with a focus on Community Health and Development from Emory University.

Edward D. (Ned) Breslin is CEO of Water For People, a water and sanitation nonprofit that tests unique implementation models in 11 countries around the world and challenges sector norms based on sound field experiences. Ned was first introduced to the challenges of water supply when living in the Chalbi Desert of northern Kenya in 1987, linked to a Lutheran World Relief program through his university – St. Lawrence. He subsequently worked for a range of local and international water and sanitation sector NGOs in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, including positions at the Mvula Trust and as Country Representative for WaterAid in Mozambique, before joining Water For People. For over two decades, Ned has seen firsthand how conventional humanitarian approaches to safe water and sanitation access in the developing world are not scalable or sustainable — helping some but not others and often failing shortly after implementation. Finding this unacceptable, he has led innovative programmatic efforts that test new approaches to service delivery and that demand, among other things, greater accountability of water and sanitation programs. His focus has been on tackling key sustainability challenges and trying to find creative ways to eliminate community dependence upon charitable organizations. In 2011, Breslin received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship for his commitment and proven work in the water and sanitation sector.

Barak Bruerd is the Director of Africa Programs at Blood:Water Mission a grassroots organization that empowers communities to work together against the HIV/AIDS and water crises in Africa. He is a development practitioner with a passion for village communities and wholistic approaches. He has professional experience designing and implementing gravity flow water supply systems in rural communities in Papua New Guinea and Honduras. He has a BS in Environmental Biology from Taylor University, and a MS in Water Resources from the University of New Mexico. Barak has extensive experience living and working internationally, most recently in Cambodia.

Gemma Bulos is the Director of The Global Women’s Water Initiative, a collaborative venture among three international organizations (A Single Drop, Crabgrass and Women's Earth Alliance), which provides trainings for grassroots women and groups to implement water related-strategies through appropriate technologies, action planning, seed funding and leadership development so they can improve their communities’ health, self-reliance, and resilience to climate change. Since 2008, GWWI has trained 92 grassroots women from 9 African nations. An award-winning social entrepreneur and musician, Gemma co-founded the Global Women’s Water Initiative along with Jan Hartsough and Melinda Kramer in 2007. Prior to stepping in as Director of GWWI, Gemma was the Founder/Executive Director of A Single Drop (USA) and the Founding Director of A Single Drop for Safe Water in the Philippines, developing innovative programming developing income-generating community-based water service organizations. For this innovation, Gemma received national and international best emerging social entrepreneur awards from Echoing Green, Ernst Young and Schwab Foundation, and others. Her programs also won accolades including the Tech Museum Tech Equality Award and Warriors of the UN Millennium Goals, sponsored by Kodak Philippines. Gemma is a musician and seasoned traveler, journeying to 45 countries and experiencing the global water crisis first hand. She is the architect of the WE RISE Million Voice Choir, a global peace mission to unite people in celebration of water as a source of peace and equality.

Rafael de Jesús Callejas Calderón is Executive Director of the Millenium Water Alliance (MWA) is a cooperating group of U.S. humanitarian and faith-based NGOs working to assist people in developing countries with access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education by offering sustainable solutions through advocacy, learning and collaborative programming. Mr. Callejas has been Executive Director of the Millennium Water Alliance since June 2008. Prior to this position, Mr. Callejas was the Regional Director for the Latin America and Caribbean Region of CARE USA overseeing relief and development in 8 Latin American & Caribbean countries, including Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Haiti for 7 years. He was also the Country Director for CARE El Salvador from 1996 to 2001. He holds degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois and from José Simeón Cañas University, El Salvador.

Ken Caplan is Director of Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation (BPD), a non-profit charity that improves water and sanitation for poor urban communities in developing countries by strengthening partnerships. He has been Director of BPD since 2003 and was the Co-coordinator of the original initiative (Business Partners for Development) from 1999. Ken has developed a range of research programmes on, for example, small town water and sanitation services (with WaterAid) and partnership accountability and assessment. These have built on analysis he has conducted of diverse water and sanitation contexts, from water provision through public private partnerships in Buenos Aires and Jakarta, to public toilet provision in Ghana, to a political economy analysis of sanitation services in Brazil (for the World Bank / Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) in conjunction with Oxford Policy Management). Ken has worked directly with a range of organizations and partnership projects from, for example, local level partnerships between utilities and NGOs in Lilongwe and Blantyre (Malawi), to national level networks such as CONIWAS in Ghana, to more global partnerships and networks including the Water Integrity Network, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), and Freshwater Action Network. Ken is also a Senior Associate of the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL), serving as tutor on tailored courses for senior officials from the World Bank and other organizations. Ken previously worked for 8 years in Southeast Asia, including rural Thailand, Bangkok and Vietnam. He holds a B.Sc. in Foreign Service, International Relations and Comparative Regional Studies from Georgetown University and an M.A. in International Development from American University.

Adrien Couton is CEO at Naandi Community Water Services, a project engaged in providing potable drinking water to rural communities by supplying inexpensive professional services. Couton applies entrepreneurial solutions to environmental challenges. Currently, as CEO of the largest operator of community water systems in India, he manages 420 decentralized water treatment plants in five Indian states, making safe water available to 2.1 million people, primarily rural poor. Couton previously managed the Acumen Fund’s global water and agriculture portfolios, and advised governments on public sector management strategies for McKinsey & Company. Adrien Couton was part of the inaugural class of the Acumen Fund Fellows Program. During his fellowship, he was seconded to International Development Enterprises India (IDEI), where he assisted the CEO and COO in scaling up the distribution of low-cost drip irrigation systems in India and Pakistan. Prior to joining Acumen Fund, Adrien worked at McKinsey & Company for four years, focusing on the public and non-profit sectors. He also worked in Private Equity at Paribas Affaires Industrielles (PAI), and as a consultant for the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), to improve slum dwellers' access to the piped water supply in Delhi. Adrien received an MBA from HEC Paris, a Master in Political Science from La Sorbonne University, and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.;

Pamela Crane is Africa Field Manager at Blood: Water Mission, a grassroots organization that empowers communities to work together against the HIV/AIDS and water crises in Africa. Pamela brings to the job a passion for education, good science, and sustainable community development. Now based in Kigali, Rwanda, Pamela has regular access to Blood: Water Mission's partners to work closely in the field overseeing our water projects. She has a BS in Environmental Biology from Taylor University, a MS in Environmental Geology and a PhD in Water Resources, both from the University of Notre Dame. Pamela also has extensive experience living and working internationally, most recently in Benin, West Africa.

Shauna is CEO of the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST), which provides training and consulting to organizations that work directly with populations in developing countries who lack access to clean water and basic sanitation. She joined CAWST in 2004, became head of CAWST’s global service provision in 2005 and led the development and expansion of CAWST’s service delivery model from 2 countries to its current network of over 300 clients in 69 countries. Shauna has worked in 14 developing countries, has experience in environmental engineering prior to CAWST and holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Bio-resource Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.

Susan Dundon is a Program Officer at the Millennium Water Alliance (MWA), a nonprofit organization working to assist people in developing countries with access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education by offering sustainable solutions through advocacy, learning and collaborative programming. She joined the MWA as a Program Development Officer in 2010. Previously, Susan worked with Médecins du Monde (Medicos del Mundo) implementing community health programs in the Bolivian, Paraguayan and Peruvian communities near Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has also worked extensively implementing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming in the peri-urban slums of Lima, Perú. She also worked for a number of years in the U.S. labor movement, primarily as a researcher for the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the United Automobile Workers (UAW). Susan received a M.Sc. in Global Public Health from Trinity College in Dublin, an MA in Political Economy from Northwestern University and a BA from Oberlin College.

John Etgen is Senior Vice President of Project WET, a nonprofit organization which has dedicated itself to the mission of reaching children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education. John has more than 20 years experience delivering conservation education to students, adults, educators and special-interest groups. Prior to becoming senior vice president at the Project WET Foundation, John served as vice president for development and partnerships, director of the Healthy Water Healthy Peopleprogram and Project WET Montana coordinator. John’s accomplishments at the Project WET Foundation include expansion of its international network to more than 50 countries and counting. John has an M.S. in science education from Montana State University. A former naturalist and environmental education specialist in Glacier National Park, he was awarded the 2000 Conservation Educator of the Year award by the Montana Wildlife Federation.

Joachim Ezeji is CEO of Latrine-Tec, an organization which aims to secure sanitation for poverty alleviation for over 3.5 million people in the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, which generates about 2000 tonnes of raw fecal sludge daily. He also has worked with the Rural Africa Water Development Project, which works to provide households with the capacity to improve and control the quality of their potable water and is creating jobs by training community youths in the production, marketing, and maintenance of innovative physical/biological water filters made from local organic materials. He is an Ashoka Fellow, and a member of the Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) UK, and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) USA. Mr. Ezeji has a Master of Science degree in Water and Environmental Management from the Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, United Kingdom. Before then he trained as a geologist at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, graduating with a Bachelors (Honours) degree.

Kate Fogelberg is Regional Manager for South Africa and Country Coordinator for Peru at Water For People, a nonprofit organization which works with people and partners to develop innovative and long-lasting solutions to the water, sanitation, and hygiene problems in the developing world. In this position, she is responsible for providing technical and administrative support to existing country program offices and opening new country program offices, including strategic planning, staff recruitment, and conducting needs assessments. Prior to focusing on South America, Kate led the Water For People teams in all of Latin America for two years. Developing the innovative monitoring methodology used by Water For People staff and partners has allowed her to understand water and sanitation sustainability issues across countries and regions, including Africa and Asia. Her background in international development and health includes a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and African Studies from Tufts University and a Master’s Degree in International Development and Global Health from the University of Denver. Prior to joining Water For People, Kate worked in the non-profit health and education sectors in East Africa and Central America.

Patricia Hall is President of the Board and full time volunteer (and former President and Co-Founder), at H2O For Life, an organization which raises funds to support the WASH initiative to fund water, sanitation and hygiene education projects. The organization partners U.S. schools, youth groups, businesses, faith organizations, clubs and individuals with schools in developing nations in need of water, sanitation and hygiene education. During the 2006/07 school year, Patty and her students created H2O For Life. They formed H2O For Life in response to a plea Patty received from an acquaintance in Kenya about a village there desperate for a dam to be built after their water source dried up. Patty’s students took up the cause, selling crafts, holding concerts and more to raise funds. In just six months, they ended up with more than $12,000 and were able to provide the village with an eight-foot-high structure that traps and filters water, providing clean drinking water all year round. Since that time, H2O For Life has expanded to 14 schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and raised $130,000 to bring safe water to communities in Africa and Central America. She has received the CNN Inspirational Woman award, and has been recognized in the Reader's Digest "Make it Matter" initiative.

Joe Harbison is CEO of Lifewater International, a nonprofit organization which partners with the poor to bring safe water, health, and wholeness. With over thirty years of experience in international development, Joe appreciates the opportunity to focus on helping people gain safe water. He said, “I learned early on that one of the best ways to assist rural communities with health and social issues is to secure a reliable water source.” With extensive field experience, Joe has served in senior leadership positions with World Concern, Compassion International, and World Vision in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Jerusalem and Nairobi. He holds an MA in Cross Cultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and is completing his Doctor of Ministry degree from the same institution.

Ceridwen Johnson is Network and Communications Manager at the Fresh Water Action Network (FAN), a global network of people implementing and influencing water and sanitation policy and practice around the world. FAN works to improve water management by strengthening civil society to influence decision-making. Ceridwen has worked for FAN since January 2006. She has a wealth of experience in communications, advocacy, campaigning, capacity building and civil society engagement, with an extensive knowledge of the issues, policies and partners in Africa, South Asia and Latin America. An effective communicator, she developed FAN’s global communications strategy and created a strong global team to operationalize its implementation. She has represented FAN - as mobilizer, facilitator, advocate and spokesperson - at high level forum in Africa, South Asia, Latin America as well as at international level and plays an active role in designing, planning and facilitating meetings and workshops. Ceridwen has a degree in French and a Masters in Development Studies.

Valerie Johnson is Co-Founder and current Director of Marketing and Development of H2O For Life, an organization which raises funds to support the WASH initiative to fund water, sanitation and hygiene education projects. The organization partners U.S. schools, youth groups, businesses, faith organizations, clubs and individuals with schools in developing nations in need of water, sanitation and hygiene education. H2O for Life's mission is to offer students an engaging educational project through service-learning focusing on the world water crisis. By offering people a way to partner with a school in a developing nation in need of WASH, they take ownership for the solution and find creative ways to fund the WASH project at their partner school. As a result, students, especially girls, have access to water and latrines while at school and an entire generation gains a healthier and better-educated future. Johnson started out as a parent volunteer for H20 for Life’s initial project at Highview Middle School, but said she was compelled to do more after learning how many people lack access to clean water.

Dr. Babar Kabir is Director of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme at the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), a development organization working to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and social injustice. Dr. Babar Kabir joined BRAC as the Director of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme on August 2007. Mr. Kabir is also the Director of Disaster, Environment and Climate Change (DECC). Mr. Kabir is an environmentalist, who obtained PhD in Hydrogeology in 1986 from Azerbaijan State University, Baku, USSR. He has made significant contribution in the Sustainable Environment Development & Management Programme and has experience of working in several Government Institutions, UN, Multilateral and Bilateral Development Agencies, NGOs, International and National Consulting Firms. Prior to joining BRAC, Mr. Kabir was working in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of Bangladesh as Programme Coordinator, Sustainable Environment Management Programme (SEMP). Mr. Kabir started his career as a Research Associate at the Azerbaijan State University, Baku, USSR. He has authored eight articles in National and International journals. He has co-authored a chapter on ‘Mitigation Strategies’ of the WHO monograph on Arsenic initiated by WN ACC. Mr. Kabir, a Bangladeshi national, was born on October 21, 1957 in Karachi, Pakistan.

Mike is Co-Director of Engineers Without Borders Canada's Malawi Water and Sanitation Team. Mike works with the Malawi Freshwater Project, one of the most successful water and sanitation organizations operating in the landlocked nation. Since 1995, the group has built more than 800 borehole wells and over 5,000 pit latrines. This has led to dramatic declines in the incidence of waterborne illness – a drop of more than 60 per cent in some regions. Mike is working to develop and enhance the leadership capacity of the organization. He is also the Engineers Without Borders Malawi Board Chair. He holds degree in engineering and physics from the University of British Columbia.

Bill has served as Program Manager for the International Rural Water Association since 2006. He oversees all aspects of the association under the direction of a ten-member board of directors. Bill is founder and President of Kramer Environmental Management Inc. KEM provides water focused environmental policy analysis, environmental regulatory training, technical assistance, program management, and chemical sales. Bill is founder and President of Kramer Environmental Management Inc. KEM provides water focused environmental policy analysis, environmental regulatory training, technical assistance, program management, and chemical sales. From March 2005 - July 2007, Bill served as a Senior Wastewater Engineer for the National Rural Water Association in the Washington DC Office. He was a liason for the association to federal government agencies, represented foundation and small systems during EPA rule and regulation development, proposal development, training development, and member support through technical. Prior to joining the National Rural Water Association, Bill served as a manager for General Physics Corporation, a Maryland based environmental engineering and consulting firm for 15 years heading up a compliance and engineering group. Bill began his career with the Baltimore County Government in the Industrial Pretreatment Program. He was responsible for permit development and enforcement of the National Pretreatment Regulations of the Clean Water Act for a diverse industrial base. He has served as a member of a local planning committee in his hometown of Jarrettsville, Maryland, as a member of the Maryland Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies Team, and as a member of the U.S. EPA Source Water Collaborative representing National Rural Water Association.

Jon Lane is the Executive Director of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). He is British and is a civil engineer by profession. He began his career as a consulting engineer in London before moving to international development work and specifically water and sanitation for poor people. In the late 1980s Jon Lane worked as Country Representative in Nepal for WaterAid. Returning to UK, he became Director of RedR (Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief) and in 1994 was appointed Director of WaterAid. During his term of office, the organization received the Stockholm Water Prize for outstanding water-related activities, while Jon himself was honored with an OBE for his leadership of WaterAid. Jon Lane left the London-based NGO in 1999 to live in Malawi and work as a senior-level consultant in water and sanitation, primarily for multilateral and bilateral agencies and NGOs. His work during that period mainly involved global strategy, policy and advocacy work. Additionally, he chaired or was a member of the steering committees of several prominent water and sanitation sector organizations. Jon Lane has been an active member of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council from its inception, having attended the New Delhi meeting in 1990 at which WSSCC was created. He has been involved in some of WSSCC's key milestone moments, including Vision 21, which established many of the principles that still guide WSSCC's activities, and its periodic Global Fora, which bring its members together to reaffirm priorities and plans. Jon Lane was appointed Executive Director of WSSCC in 2007. His special passion in this work is to give sanitation and hygiene much greater global prominence and recognition.

Cathy has served as the Executive Director of EWB-USA since 2004. Cathy began her work in developing countries as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Nepal. During her station, she developed and implemented solutions that addressed drinking water and sanitation issues facing the community. In addition to her work in the international sustainable development field, Cathy has over 20 years experience overseeing both domestic and international corporate engineering projects. As the Executive Director of EWB-USA, Cathy bridges her skills and experience as a Professional Engineer with her commitment to the creation of sustainable and participatory solutions to rural community development projects. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Peter Lochery is Director of the Water Team at Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) USA. He is an environmental engineer with over 30 years of experience in the water sector. He has worked in the private sector, with the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program, and latterly with CARE. Since joining CARE in 1995, he has been responsible for providing leadership to CARE’s relief and development programming in water and sanitation and water resources. He has supported CARE’s participation in international, regional and in-country partnerships as a means of building capacity, reaching consensus on best practice, strengthening advocacy, and increasing investment in the sector. Peter has led CARE’s advocacy for increased awareness of and support for water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries. He has worked closely with major US foundations to develop long-term programs with a focus on learning, and has facilitated relationships with the private sector to extend corporate social responsibility into the sustainable provision of goods and services that contribute to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. He is a board member of three non-profits: Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation, the Millennium Water Alliance, and Water Advocates.

Patti Lynn is Campaigns Director of Corporate Accountability International, a nonprofit organization challenging corporate abuses that endanger public health, democratic institutions, the environment and people's lives. Lynn joined Corporate Accountability International more than a decade ago and has held various positions including major gifts officer and press officer. Today Lynn manages the strategic direction and campaign organizing of the organization’s campaigns challenging Big Tobacco, corporate control of water, and corporate abuse of our food. Prior to joining Corporate Accountability International, Lynn campaigned successfully to stop rollbacks on federal clean water laws with Clean Water Action and taught in South Africa. Lynn holds a Masters degree in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame.

Barry McNamara is the Vice President of Water Services at Joint Aid Management (JAM), a South African founded registered non-profit, Christian humanitarian relief and development organization with 25 years of experience in relief and sustainable development. JAM's programs focus on nutritional feeding, school feeding, assistance to orphans and vulnerable children, the provision of water and sanitation, as well as skills development, community training on agricultural development, income generation projects and HIV/AIDS programming.

Carolyn Meub is Executive Director of Pure Water for the World, Inc., a not for profit organization working to prevent children from suffering from water borne diseases that cause pain and misery as a result of consuming contaminated water and improper hygiene habits. Pure Water for the World provides sustainable safe drinking water filtration systems, latrines and hygiene education to families and communities in developing countries. Carolyn has served as Rotary Zone Co-ordinator for Water, Health, and Hunger, and has served as National Advisor to the Permanent Fund. Carolyn is on the executive committee of the Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group and chaired the first water summit in Los Angeles. She also served on the faculty at the Rotary Leadership Institute, and RI Open World committee.

Isabella Montgomery is Communications Coordinator at the Freshwater Action Network (FAN), a global network of people implementing and influencing water and sanitation policy and practice around the world. FAN works to improve water management by strengthening civil society to influence decision-making. Isabella joined FAN on a part-time basis in 2009 when she led on the redesign and re-platforming of the FAN website. In March 2011, she became a full-time member of staff as extra resource to support the network's transition to independence. She has worked in communications for a number of years, most recently in the WaterAid Web Team. Isabella coordinates the development and implementation of a communications strategy and work programme for independence – in close collaboration with FAN Global Governing Council, the rest of the Secretariat and the Global Communications Team, in order to leave a legacy of high quality communications and a strong community for sharing learning and experience across the network post independence in July 2012. Isabella studied politics and development at the University of Sussex.

Josephine Mugala is a Program Officer and Development/Water Engineer for the Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET), a national umbrella organization for Civil Society Organizations (CSO's) in the Water and Environment sector working to strengthen Uganda’s Water and Sanitation Sector NGO’s and CBO’s as well as the co-ordination and collaboration among them and other stakeholders. She worked as an Engineer for Hydraulic and Sanitation Consult Ltd., and holds a BSc. in Civil Engineering from Makerere University.

Ramisetty Murali is based in Hyderabad, India and is the Regional Convenor of the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA), which aims to strengthen the engagement of CSOs in policy-making and development initiatives to achieve the international targets on water and sanitation, improve regional co-operation between CSOs of differing perspectives, priorities and skills and increase the number of NGOs to advocate and communicate clearly on water policy issues and the broader agenda. He is also Secretary and Chief Functionary of Modern Architects For Rural India (MARI), an organization that promotes natural resource management, land development, income generating programmes and joint forest management; conducts immunization and animal health camps, water and sanitation programmes; provides relief and rehabilitation to affected people. associated with the India WASH Forum (IWF), a coalition of individuals representing an independent credible voice in the water and sanitation sector

John Nadolski is Director of Development at Living Water International (LWI), a faith-based non-profit organization that helps communities in developing countries acquire safe drinking water in response to the global water crisis. He is a member of Rotary International, and has worked as Executive Director at Lifewater International, in civil engineering and ground-water hydrology at the Power River Coal Company, and as Program Director and Hydrologist at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining. He holds a BS in Forest Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MS in Hydrology-Hydrogeology from the University of Nevada-Reno, and a degree in Non-Profit Management from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Andy Narracott is Programme Coordinator at African Cities for the Future (ACF), a multi-country USAID program that is part of Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), a tri-sector partnership between the private sector, civil society and academia focused on addressing the increasing global problem of inadequate access to water and sanitation for the urban poor and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets, particularly those relating to water and sanitation. He is an urban water and sanitation professional and chartered civil engineer with experience working with multi-disciplinary project teams in a number of developing countries. He gathered a unique blend of early career experiences: digital media marketing (web, mobile and TV), business startup (www.partypages.com), mobile toilet business (Convenience Company + www.toiletforsale.com) before focusing on water and sanitation in developing countries. His main field of interest is environmental sanitation and the provision and upgrading of urban water and sanitation services for the poor. He has early experience as a field engineer in rural Guatemala, and later in the UK involved in the planning, design and implementation of large water infrastructure projects. His recent field experience in Bangalore India working with communities and governments for water/sanitation improvements in slums. Current role is Chief of Party of multi-country USAID program called African Cities for the Future (ACF)

Dennis founded Project WET in 1984 while working at the North Dakota State Water Commission. Through extensive partnerships and successful fundraising efforts, he has developed the program into a global leader in water resources education around the world.

Katja Neubauer is Manager of International Programs Support Services at Water For People, a nonprofit organization which works with people and partners to develop innovative and long-lasting solutions to the water, sanitation, and hygiene problems in the developing world.

John Oldfield is currently Managing Director of the WASH Advocacy Initiative, a nonprofit advocacy effort in Washington DC entirely dedicated to helping solve the global safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenge. His previous experience with safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene comes from founding two implementing nonprofits in the sector, and his tenure as Executive Vice President with Water Advocates, an advocacy group in Washington DC dedicated to increasing financial and political support for worldwide access to safe, affordable and sustainable supplies of drinking water and adequate sanitation. Prior to working with Water Advocates, John was with the National Academy of Sciences, where he researched science, technology and economic policy issues. He also has extensive international management experience with USAID and U.S. Department of State contracts, including training programs for election officials, civil society, and foreign media, as well as civil/military communication projects in post-conflict countries.

Helen Pankhurst is a Senior Technical Advisor for the Water Team of CARE USA, based in the UK with an remit of support to CARE’s water sector work internationally. Prior to that Helen worked for three years as Country Representative for WaterAid in Ethiopia – the country she has was born in, spent half her life in, and feels a strong affinity for. She also worked as Head of International Programmes for five years at WOMANKIND Worldwide, a women’s rights and development organization, and for five years as the Regional Manager for the Horn of Africa at the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD). Earlier in her career she trained in auditing and financial management for two years with KPMG Peat Marwick, an international auditing firm. Helen’s academic background has been varied, having started in a French school, then an international one, and having been to British (Sussex, Edinburgh) and American (visiting scholar at Vassar) universities. She has a social science PhD (Economics, Anthropology, Sociology and Politics). Helen is also a trustee of WaterAid and Farm Africa. She is based in Hertfordshire, UK

Fred Proby was formerly the Water Programs Specialist at Lifewater International, a nonprofit organization a non-profit development organization that drills wells and provides sanitation and hygiene training around the world.

Cris Revaz is the Executive Director of the Basic Education Coalition (BEC), a group of 19 development and humanitarian assistance organizations, which believe that all children in the developing world should receive a quality, basic education. The BEC believes that the most effective way to address preventable diseases including small pox, tuberculosis, diarrhea and other water-borne illnesses is through education and behavior change. Having adequate and appropriate water supply and sanitation facilities in schools is a major factor influencing whether children, and especially adolescent girls, attend school. Schools provide an excellent place for children to learn about hygiene practices. Prior to his designation as Executive Director, Mr. Revaz served as BEC’s Advocacy Director, beginning in 2007. Mr. Revaz joined BEC after many years as an international trade attorney with several Washington, D.C. law firms. During his legal career, Mr. Revaz founded the ABA’s Subcommittee on the Rights of the Child, which sought U.S. ratification of international human rights treaties affecting the lives of children, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and led to publication of a book examining how ratification would impact U.S. law and policy. Mr. Revaz acted as a consultant to agencies working on implementation of new legal rules affecting international adoption, and served on boards or in an advisory capacity for other nonprofit groups working on the rights and protection of children and youth around the world. Mr. Revaz received his Bachelor of Arts in U.S. History and Human Relations from Connecticut College in 1981, and his JD Degree from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law night program in 1988.

April Rinne is Director of WaterCredit at Water.org, a nonprofit which works to draw attention to the world’s number one health problem, unsafe and inadequate water supplies, and to raise funds to help fight this immense problem – one community at a time. Rinne comes to Water.org after nearly a decade focused on international microfinance, where she worked with dozens of microfinance institutions (MFIs), investment funds and organizations seeking to expand access to capital in the developing world. She has provided legal and strategic advice to microfinance stakeholders in the U.S., Europe, India, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In addition, she frequently teaches policy and business practitioners about microfinance and serves on the advisory boards of several microfinance-related organizations. As the global director of Water.org’s WaterCredit initiative, Rinne is responsible for expanding the network of WaterCredit MFI partners and forging linkages between the microfinance and water/sanitation sectors more broadly. This empowers more MFIs to offer financial products focused on the water and sanitation needs of their clients, thereby enabling more people to have access to clean water and safe sanitation while deploying philanthropic, social and commercial capital more efficiently. She is a Young Global Leder at the World Economic Forum and a Fulbright Scholar. April received her B.A. in International Relations from Emory University; M.A. from the Fletcher School with concentrations in International Finance and Development Economics; and J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Michael Ritter is National Programs Director of Deep Springs International (DSI), a US nonprofit corporation that promotes household chlorination throughout rural Haiti. Gadyen Dlo (Kreyol for "Water Guardian") is a Haitian produced 0.7% sodium hypochlorite liquid solution used to treat drinking water at "point of use." While at DSI, Michael has created software program which allows organization and donors to analyze decisions and forecast total donor commitment needed, potential for financial sustainability, and cost-effectiveness of water treatment microenterprises. Michael is also coordinating cost data collection for a Neglected Tropical Diseases project through the Liverpool Associates of Tropical Health. Prior to DSI, Michael did research on the impact of including hygiene education and sanitation improvements with school-based deworming in the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections at the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, and was a Research Assistant at the Center for Global Safe Water, Emory University. He holds a BS in Molecular Biology from Grove City College, and an MPH in Global Community Health and Development from Emory University.

Ryan Rowe is Household Water Network Communications Officer at the Water Institute. The Water Institute at UNC seeks solutions to local, regional and global water and sanitation challenges by creating strong partnerships, encouraging innovation, and assuring that research is translated into sustainable practice. Ryan Rowe is a Rotary Peace Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is completing a Master of Public Health degree and a graduate certificate in peace studies and conflict resolution. The focus of his studies will be on designing behavioral interventions for improved health outcomes in communities with inadequate water or sanitation facilities. Ryan is active in the non-profit sector, providing advice on strategic marketing for organizations in Kenya, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, which work in areas such as volunteerism, education, water supply, sanitation, health and hygiene. His previous studies include a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and an MBA from York University (Toronto, Canada). In addition to his native English language, Ryan speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese. He has traveled to over 40 countries including places such as China, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, and Rwanda and has lived in Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, the Turks & Caicos Islands and the United Arab Emirates. He is currently based in the United States.

John Sauer works as Assistant Director of Thought Leadership for Water For People. He supports organizational learning to empower all staff, board and volunteers to be innovative thinkers about solving the water and sanitation challenge sustainably. He also works to influence change in the water sector by tracking the documentation of innovations from the field, showing inspiring results and sharing these with key stakeholders. Before joining Water For People John worked as the Communications Director for Water Advocates in Washington, DC, implementing communications strategies to increase US support and action - in both the private and public sectors - for worldwide access to safe, affordable, and sustainable drinking water and adequate sanitation. John has worked as a program manager with several international humanitarian organizations over the last 19 years. His responsibilities ranged from managing water and sanitation projects in Uganda to developing an emergency aid program for street children in St. Petersburg, Russia. John graduated from Fordham University with a BA in American Studies and also holds a Master's degree in International and Intercultural Management from the School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT.

Kirk Schauer is the International Director of Seeds of Hope International Partnerships. While part of a team visiting Zambia in 2003, Kirk was struck by the communities’ need for safe water. He and his wife, Denise, founded Seeds of Hope to empower Zambians to bring health and transformation to their communities. Prior to starting Seeds of Hope, Kirk served as Associate Pastor of Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Santa Maria, California for nine years. He and Denise have also spearheaded community development projects in Asia, facilitating vocational skills trainings for rehabilitating heroin addicts in Hong Kong, and laying the groundwork for vocational projects in Cambodia. As international director living in Zambia with his family, Kirk engages with civic leaders in communities across Zambia, local and international non-governmental organizations, Rotary Clubs, industry representatives, and religious leaders to work together to bring lasting change. Under his leadership, Seeds of Hope has grown to a staff of 55 Zambians that has brought clean water to over 500,000 Zambians. SHIP is also pioneering holistic community development interventions, located at a Resource center that trains organizations from around the world to improve the effectiveness of their work. This resource center is becoming a center of expertise for community development work. Also including an urban agricultural training center as well as skills and business trainings targeting equipping community members to break the cycle of poverty.

Randal Schober is the USA Executive Director of SurfAid International, a non-profit humanitarian organization delivering programs to islands off Indonesia’s West Sumatran coast to improve the health, well-being and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing. SurfAid has been working on Nias Island since 2006 to restore and improve water supply systems by repairing wells damaged in the 2005 earthquake and installing new tanks, public tap stands, rainwater harvesting systems and piping. Since 2009 SurfAid has also been implementing a Clean Water Program in the Mentawai Islands with similar objectives. Prior to working at SurfAid, Randal was Executive Director for HeadNorth, is a San Diego-based nonprofit foundation that exists to enhance the quality of life for people faced with the daily challenges of a spinal cord injury (SCI) by providing financial assistance, resources and guidance. He is currently an adjunct professor at Point Loma Nazarene University teaching nonprofit management in the MBA program. Schober received his undergraduate degree in physical education from the University of South Australia, a master’s degree in human development and a doctorate in exercise physiology from West Virginia University.

Chris Seremet is Technical Advisor for Water Supply and Sanitation at Catholic Relief Services, a nonprofit working to promote human development by responding to major emergencies, fighting disease and poverty, and nurturing peaceful and just societies. He has written on water supply and sanitation facility and hygiene promotion design considerations and recommendations intended to increase access to these facilities by people living with HIV, guiding water and sanitation engineers and technicians tasked with providing community water supply and household sanitation systems.

Martin Shupack is Church World Service’s Director of Advocacy in Washington, DC. Church World Service is a global humanitarian aid agency and ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations in the United States, working with local organizations worldwide to support sustainable development, meet emergency needs, help the displaced, and address the root causes of poverty, hunger and powerlessness. Prior to coming to Washington in 1995, Marty and his family served with Mennonite Central Committee in Mexico City. Before that he served in pastoral ministry in Illinois for many years. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Harvard Law School.

Angelique Smit is a Dutch social entrepreneur who is the founder and former Director of Ideas at Work, a social incubator that brings water and sanitation products to the Cambodian rural market through an innovative distribution channel financed through micro loans. She now serves While based in Cambodia with Ideas at Work, she helped market the Ideas at Work ROVAI Rope-Pump - a water pump is designed to improve the quality of lives of village women by lightening the burden of household water collection and providing a significant level of protection against bacterial contamination - to low-income Cambodian villagers. Angelique has previously worked as the Cambodia Country Coordinator at the Academy for Educational Development, and as a Medical Coordinator at Pharmaciens Sans Frontières Comité International. She is currently an MBA candidate at Business School Nederland.

Dr. Dickson Ssenoga is Executive Director of The Rural Health Care Foundation (RHCF), a grassroots, community based nonprofit organization which works as an enabling organization for the development of the community so as to improve the quality of lives through health policy programmes and modern agriculture environment in rural Uganda. RHCF works to build and protect shallow and spring wells, and conducts training in water hygiene and sanitation. He is also the medical director of the Dick Medical Center in Kampala.

Eric founded A Child's Right after working for several years in the international adoption field. During this time he worked in concert with national and local governments of several countries, as well as state-run and private orphanages in several developing countries. He also oversaw the water purification projects for the agency in Vietnam, Sri Lanka, China, Panama, and Nepal. After a brief stint in Cambodia working with trafficked and homeless children, Eric came home to found ACR with the belief that an organization focused solely on clean water for children in the urban and semi-urban sphere was of paramount importance as, to date, none of the major water organizations focused on these target areas. Mr. Stowe's background designing and overseeing international relief projects from inception to delivery, oversight of the intake, allocation and disbursement of funds for relief projects keeping within the projected budgets, initiating and installing dozens of water purification systems around the world in diverse political and cultural climates, dealing with foreign governmental and non-governmental agencies to procure approval for relief projects, extensive travel history, understanding of complex intercultural and intergovernmental interactions, and role developing, improving, and maintaining relationships within foreign governmental and non-governmental agencies all provide A Child's Right with a strong leader who is fully committed to promoting and implementing the goals and mission of A Child's Right. Eric holds a Masters degree in China Studies from the University of Washington- Henry M. Jackson School, and his BA in International Studies at the University of Washington.

Laurent Stravato is the West Africa Regional Coordinator for International Development Enterprises (iDE), a non profit organization using a market oriented development model to increase the income of the rural poor by improving market access, increasing agricultural production, and creating sustainable local businesses. Laurent joined iDE in March 2011 as West Africa Regional Coordinator (Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Niger). He was previously Coordinator of the Water Quality program at FAO and Project Coordinator (Water and Sanitation) at IFAD. He has worked for a water consulting firm in Italy (SGI Studio Galli Ingenieria) and the International Water and Sanitation Centre (The Netherlands). He has also experiences with local NGOs/CBOs in Africa, Asia and Central America. His areas of expertise are in the fields of rural water supply and productive sanitation, water for food (wastewater reuse, micro irrigation), institutional development, and management of projects. He holds a Master of Geography specializing in planning and land use at the Institute of Alpine Geography in Grenoble (France) and a MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (The Netherlands).

Rich Thorsten is Director of International Programs at Water.org, a nonprofit which works to draw attention to the world’s number one health problem, unsafe and inadequate water supplies, and to raise funds to help fight this immense problem – one community at a time. He joined Water.org in 2007. As the Director of International Programs, Thorsten oversees the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Water.org’s water and sanitation programs. Thorsten also works closely with the Development and Communications teams on donor and special public relations projects. Thorsten brings nearly fifteen years of experience in non-profit management, advocacy, research, and evaluation to Water.org. He spent several years in program and executive positions at resource conservation and smart growth organizations in the United States and served as a board member for non-profit groups specializing in international development. Thorsten has worked in advocacy, advisory, and research roles with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several state and local government agencies. While pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees in international planning, Rich evaluated the sustainability of multiple rural water systems in Peru and Ghana on behalf of the World Bank and studied public-private water and sanitation partnerships in Asia. He has also participated in an international development education and training program abroad in India. He holds an M.R.P. in City and Regional Planning (focus on regional economic development), and a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning (focus on water and sanitation provision in less-developed countries), from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Vanessa Tobin is the UNICEF Representative for the Philippines. She heads all activities and functions of UNICEF in the Philippines, which include planning and implementation of programmes for Filipino children and women, advocacy and resource mobilization, and emergency response. Prior to her assignment in the Philippines, Vanessa Tobin worked as Deputy Director, Programme Division at UNICEF New York Headquarters (June 2006‐July 2008). She headed the guidance and coordination of programme sections, including nutrition, water and sanitation, education, child protection and emergency support, in the areas of programme policy formulation, support to programme implementation, quality assurance, global partnerships, advocacy and staff development. Ms. Tobin was the Chief, Water, Environment and Sanitation (WES) in UNICEF New York Headquarters, from February 2001 to July 2006. During this period, she was responsible for the global guidance and support to UNICEF’s water, environment and sanitation programme and the development of strategies and country programmes in consultation with regional and country offices. Today, UNICEF is a leader in water supply and sanitation, particularly in emergency assistance, rural water supplies, community and school‐based sanitation and hygiene efforts with a budget of 350‐400 million dollars and more than 300 sector staff. Prior to joining UNICEF, Ms. Tobin worked for Voluntary Service Overseas (UK) in Nepal, for the UK‐based NGO Accord in Juba, South Sudan and the British Government in Leribe, Lesotho. She joined UNICEF in March 1988 as Project Officer, Water and Health in Peshawar, Pakistan. In September 1990, she was reassigned to New York as Senior Project Officer, WES. In this capacity she was responsible for the development of global strategies and an extensive training programme for water and sanitation sector staff. From July 1994 to July 1998, Ms. Tobin transferred to Cairo as Deputy Representative. In 1999, she was reassigned to New York Headquarters as Senior Adviser, Health, until her promotion to Chief, Water, Environment and Sanitation in February 2001. Ms. Tobin is a national of the United Kingdom. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Birmingham University, United Kingdom, followed by a Master of Science degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She obtained her second Master’s degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, U.S.A. She serves on the Leadership Advisory Council at the Institute for the Study International Development, Mc Gill University, Montreal.

Elynn Walter is the Director of WASH Sustainability at the WASH Advocacy Initiative, a nonprofit advocacy effort in Washington DC entirely dedicated to helping solve the global safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenge. Prior to joining the WASH Advocacy Initiative, Elynn worked as the Program Director of Global Water, Health and Schools at Water Advocates. At Water Advocates, Elynn focused on the linkages between WASH, health and education. Elynn has worked both in private industry as well as for the Department of State. She was a George Washington University Global Health Service Fellow at the Kazakhstan School of Public Health in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her interest in water, sanitation and hygiene stems from her experience as a Community Health Educator for the Peace Corps in Turkmenistan. Elynn has worked with several non-profits on water, sanitation and health on ways to incorporate hygiene education into water and sanitation infrastructure projects. Elynn received her Master of Public Health from George Washington University and her Bachelor of Arts from James Madison University.

Willy Walusimbi Project Resource Director of The Rural Health Care Foundation (RHCF), a grassroots, community based nonprofit organization which works as an enabling organization for the development of the community so as to improve the quality of lives through health policy programmes and modern agriculture environment in rural Uganda. RHCF works to build and protect shallow and spring wells, and conducts training in water hygiene and sanitation. He is also owner of the Joyous Company.

Dennis Warner is Senior Technical Advisor for Water Supply, Sanitation and Water Resources Development at Catholic Relief Services. In this role he works with CRS offices to develop water sector policies and strategies for the agency. He also assists in the establishment of partnerships for water-related activities with non-governmental organizations and commercial enterprises. Mr. Warner began his international career as a Peace Corps volunteer working as a hydrologist in Tanzania. He also served as an economic research fellow at the University of Dar es Salaam. In 1971, Mr. Warner accepted the position of sanitary engineer with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Uganda. He was simultaneously an honorary lecturer in civil engineering at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. He returned to the U.S. as an assistant professor of civil engineering at Duke University, teaching and conducting research in hydrology, water engineering, economic planning and the recovery of resources from solid wastes. Mr. Warner next worked in the Philippines, Malaysia, Lesotho and Sri Lanka as a consultant in water supply and sanitation for USAID and the Asian Development Bank. He shifted to the private sector and was involved in planning national water supply and sanitation programs around the world. In 1988 he joined the water and sanitation division of the World Bank. Mr. Warner later held key positions at WHO in Geneva, Switzerland as head of the community water supply and sanitation program and then as chief of water supply, sanitation and rural environmental health. In 1998 he became an independent consultant in water supply and sanitation, environmental health, emergency response and disaster preparedness for organizations such as CRS, the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, CARE, WHO, USAID, the Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. During this period he also served as the permanent representative of Pax Christi International to the United Nations in Geneva. Over the years, Mr. Warner has produced an extensive collection of papers, articles, books, reports and presentations on water-related issues. He joined CRS in 2004. Mr. Warner holds a B.A. in history, a B.Sc. in civil engineering and a M.Sc. in civil engineering (hydraulics and hydrology) from the University of Illinois. He also earned two additional graduate degrees, Engineer and Ph.D., in civil engineering from Stanford University.

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Jonathan Wiles is Vice President of Program Excellence at Living Water International (LWI), a faith-based non-profit organization that helps communities in developing countries acquire safe drinking water in response to the global water crisis. In his position, he leads a specialized team of strategists in water technologies, sanitation and hygiene, disciple making, and sustainability who provide expertise to Regional and Country Directors in the design, management, and evaluation of programs. Jonathan is a social-sector strategist with extensive cross-cultural experience, who has spent the better part of ten years documenting and participating in stories of community transformation in developing nations. He is based in Houston, Texas, but spent most of the last decade working out of central Europe, and have soft spots for India and East Africa. Jonathan has a degree in history, did postgraduate coursework in biblical studies and culture, and is now pursuing an MA in International Development at Eastern University.

Mary is a member of Society for Water and Sanitation Nigeria a National Water and Sanitation Network with members across 36 states in Nigeria, she is the focal person for the Plateau State Chapter and also currently a Lecturer in the Sociology Department, University of Jos, Nigeria.

Kathryn Yeager is Programs Coordinator at A Glimmer of Hope Foundation, a nonprofit which strives to help millions in Ethiopia by providing those living in rural villages with access to clean water, education, medical care and microfinance loans. As Programs Coordinator, she works collaboratively with our project officers to track the status of our programs and to keep information about projects current and up-to-date. She holds a BS in human development from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MA in Global Policy Studies, focusing in international development, and an education from UT Austin's The LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Feliciano dos Santos is Executive Director of ESTAMOS, Mozambique's largest indigenous water, sanitation, HIV/AIDS and agriculture NGO, which is supported by WaterAid. ESTAMOS became one of the main partners of WaterAid in Mozambique in the late 1990s, and has done integrated water supply, sanitation and hygiene work in both rural Niassa (4 districts) and Maputo as well as supporting other NGOs in other Provinces in Mozambique with water and sanitation support (Zambezia and Cabo Delgado). ESTAMOS is considered a leader in watsan issues in the country stemming from their solid field work. Santos has successfully found ways to discuss human waste management techniques with villagers through both grassroots outreach and music. He grew up in Niassa with no clean water or proper sanitation and is disabled from polio. As an adult, he has focused on improving living conditions in the region. Santos understands that environmental and health problems are interrelated in regions dealing with poverty issues like Niassa. As the director of Estamos, he works directly with villagers to provide community sanitation, promote sustainable agriculture, lead reforestation projects and support innovative HIV/AIDS initiatives. Santos believes that sanitation and water supply issues must be solved in order for other development projects to take root. With his internationally-recognized band, Massukos, Santos uses music to promote the importance of water and sanitation in Mozambique. His program is now serving as a model for other sustainable development programs around the world.