LAUNCH: Water Council

LAUNCH: Water Council

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  Alex Kinnier

  Mr. Kinnier is working to speed up the next industrial revolution, focusing on solar energy utilization, thermal efficiency, energy conversion devices, energy storage, and biofuels.

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  Alexandra Cousteau

  Ms. Cousteau is a globally recognized advocate on water quality and policy. She is dedicated to advocating the importance of conservation and sustainable management of water resources in order to preserve a healthy planet. Her global initiatives seek to inspire and empower individuals to protect not…

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  Andrea Cunningham

  Andrea (Andy) Cunningham is Founder and CEO of CXO Communication, a privately held brand strategy and communication firm focused entirely on matters critical to corporate officers and their teams.

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  Anil Gupta

  Dr. Gupta’s work focuses on the expansion of global as well as local spaces for grassroots innovators. This includes blending excellence in formal and informal science, protection of intellectual property rights of the innovators and expansion of open source as a part of ‘technology commons’.…

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  Dan Cherian

  Mr. Cherian is the General Manager of Nike’s Sustainable Business & Innovation (SB&I) function. SB&I is mandated with enabling Nike to thrive in a future state sustainable economy—where people, planet and profit are in balance.

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  David Kelley

  Mr. Kelley is the founder and chairman of IDEO and a professor at Stanford University. He is a California-based entrepreneur, educator, designer, and venture capitalist.

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  David Ferguson

  David Ferguson is Deputy Director of USAID’s Science and Technology office focused on applied research and challenge models for development. Before joining USAID in September, 2009, he worked on international development over the previous 5 years as an independent consultant at the nexus of development,…

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  Diana Yousef

  Dr. Diana Yousef, Founder and Principal of Development Innoventures, works with early-stage spin-out and social impact ventures commercializing university-generated technologies in the cleantech, sustainability, mobile tech, life sciences and global health spaces. Bringing to bear her diversity of experiences…

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  Eric Sprunk

  Mr. Sprunk is the Vice President of Merchandising & Product for Nike, Inc. He is responsible for all Nike brand product across the company’s footwear, equipment and apparel engines from design and development to manufacturing and sourcing, delivering compelling stories that excite, motivate and…

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  Jamais Cascio

  Mr. Cascio was selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009. He writes about the intersection of emerging technologies, environmental dilemmas, and cultural transformation, specializing in the creation of plausible scenarios of the future.

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  James Thompson

  Mr. Thompson serves as Regional Director for Global Partnerships, focusing on food security and water security issues. Mr. Thompson served as the Acting Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Partnership Center and is the former Acting Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s…

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  Justin Rattner

  Mr. Rattner is vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) at Intel. He is also an Intel Senior Fellow and head of Intel Labs. In the latter role, he directs Intel’s global research efforts in microprocessors, systems, and communications including the company’s disruptive research activity.…

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  Kevin Rabinovitch

  Mr. Rabinovitch is the Global Director of Sustainability for Mars, Inc. In his role he develops and deploys strategies, goals, targets and policies relating to all aspects of sustainability (climate, water, waste, etc.) for Mars’ operations.

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  Khosrow Farahbakhsh

  Dr. Khosrow Farahbakhsh is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) and the principal of the Integrated Water Management, a consulting company dedicated to finding sustainable sDr. Farahbakhsh has nearly 20 years of design, consulting and academic…

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  Lili Anna Pereša

  Ms. Pereša made the leap from engineering to development and humanitarian aid to become the executive director of ONE DROP where she conducts all of the operations and sees to the strategic development and international outreach of the organization.

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  Majora Carter

  Ms. Carter simultaneously addresses public health, poverty alleviation, and climate change as one of the nation’s pioneers in successful urban green-collar job training and placement systems. She founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 to achieve environmental justice through economically sustainable…

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  Mark Uhran

  Mr. Uhran has been a leader in evaluating practical applications of orbital space stations since 1984, when he began evaluating mission requirements for the NASA space station during the concept phase. Since that time, he has held key management positions in both the private and public sectors, and has…

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  Marybeth Edeen

  Ms. Edeen is the International Space Station National Lab Manager for NASA which was formed to facilitate bringing in outside researchers from other government agencies and the commercial sector that would benefit from doing research in the unique environment provided by the ISS.

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  Michael Danaher

  Mr. Danaher is a partner in the corporate and securities practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he has practiced for over 20 years. He represents public and private companies in technology and life sciences and in the emerging cleantech markets.

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  Michael Webber

  Dr. Webber is the Associate Director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy in the Jackson School of Geosciences, Co-Director of the Clean Energy Incubator at the Austin Technology Incubator, Fellow of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the LBJ School of…

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  Mikkel Vestergaard

  Mr. Frandsen is the CEO of Vestergaard Frandsen, a leading innovator, manufacturer and exporter of emergency response and disease-control textiles. Working in tandem with the world’s leading non-governmental organizations, UN organizations, government ministries and academia, Vestergaard Frandsen has…

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  Paul Raskin

  Dr. Raskin is the President and founder of the Tellus Institute, and founder of the Global Scenario Group and Great Transition Initiative. The overarching theme of his work has been developing visions, strategies, policies and values for a transition to a sustainable and just future.

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  Peter Gleick

  Dr. Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. His research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health, the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization…

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  Rasigan Maharajh

  Mr. Maharajh is currently Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) based at the Tshwane University of Technology. He is an active member of the Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-building Systems (GLOBELICS) and is an alumnus of…

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  Robert Watson

  Mr. Watson is an international leader in the green building movement with 25 years of experience on five continents. Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman calls Mr. Watson “one of America’s best environmental minds.”

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  Robin Chase

  Robin Chase leads Meadow Networks, a consulting firm that advises city, state, and federal government agencies about wireless applications in the transportation sector, and impacts on innovation and economic development. Robin is also founder and former CEO of GoLoco, an online ridesharing community,…

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Alphabetical List

• Alex Kinnier
• Alexandra Cousteau
• Andrea Cunningham
• Anil Gupta
• Dan Cherian
• David Kelley
• David Ferguson

• Diana Yousef
• Eric Sprunk
• Jamais Cascio
• James Thompson
• Justin Rattner
• Kevin Rabinovitch
• Khosrow Farahbakhsh

• Lili Anna Pereša
• Majora Carter
• Mark Uhran
• Marybeth Edeen
• Michael Danaher
• Michael Webber

• Mikkel Vestergaard
• Paul Raskin
• Peter Gleick
• Rasigan Maharajh
• Robert Watson
• Robin Chase