Water: Tenacious, Collaborative Responses to a Global Crisis
Speakers
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Neil has been Chief Executive of Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) since early 2014. He has over two decade’s experience of successfully leading and growing organizations, social enterprises and innovative partnerships, in both Europe, North America and globally. He previously led social enterprises delivering services to base of the pyramid consumers in the energy and agricultural sectors and headed a policy institute in Washington DC working to enhance the impact of US policy in the Andean Region.
He holds an MBA with distinction from Cass Business School, an MA from the University of Cambridge and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. He has published with Cranfield University and the US Institute for Peace.
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Gary is the CEO and Co-founder of Water.org and WaterEquity, two organizations dedicated to empowering people in the developing world to gain access to safe water and sanitation. Gary developed Water.org’s WaterCredit solution, creating new financing options for poor populations to meet their water supply and sanitation needs. He also developed WaterEquity, an impact investment manager dedicated to ending the global water crisis, with an exclusive focus on mobilizing private investments in water and sanitation throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He is a leading advisor in the water and sanitation space, counseling organizations such as Inditex, Reckitt, Amazon Web Services, the Water Resilience Coalition, and Bank of America on responses to the global water crisis.
Gary holds three degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Missouri University S&T.
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Eleanor is the CEO of Catapult For Change, PBC. Catapult For Change provides leadership coaching for executives and teams and management consulting services. Eleanor believes that we all have tremendous potential yet sometimes we encounter obstacles that hold us back. She started Catapult For Change to help clients tackle those obstacles using a holistic approach to problem solving and personal growth so each person can grow and reach their potential with grace and joy. This includes supporting clients with personal inner work (developing a practice to promote individual well-being) and professional skill building so they can find their zone of brilliance to succeed and thrive.
Eleanor is the former CEO of B Lab Global and Water For People. She is also a corporate board member, management consultant, technical specialist, and professional engineer. She enjoys ultra/endurance cycling, hiking, cooking, and exploring Colorado and beyond with her husband, two boys, and two dogs.
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Managing Director, Circle of Blue
J. Carl Ganter is founder and director of Circle of Blue, the center for frontline reporting, research, and analysis on water resource issues and their relationship to food and energy in a changing climate. Ganter is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and photojournalist whose work has appeared in most major magazines, newspapers, and television and radio networks. He earned his MSJ in investigative and magazine reporting at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism after graduating with honors from the University’s American Studies Program. He is past vice chairman and current member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water Security, and is recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Innovation Award.
