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Como nuestro nombre sugiere, todo se reduce a las personas. Nuestra misión es sobre las personas y nuestro trabajo es para las personas. Y el recurso más importante que tenemos para tener éxito en nuestra misión son las personas increíbles que trabajan para nosotros y con nosotros.

We want to thank all the volunteers, staff, board, field partners, funding partners, donors, and strategic partners for their dedication, tenacity, and selflessness in helping us work to solve the world's water crisis ? for Everyone Forever.

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Leadership Teams

Eleanor Allen

Director Ejecutivo

ELEANOR ALLEN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Eleanor has dedicated her career to improving lives through her work in water and sanitation. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, and as an engineer has lived and worked in numerous countries. As CEO, she is dedicated to bringing lasting access to safe water and sanitation to people around the world. She loves to explore the outdoors and travel with her family. Eleanor holds a BS from Tufts University and an MS from UC Berkeley.

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Chad Arnold

Director de desarrollo

CHAD ALLEN
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Para Chad, el agua potable limpia y segura se trata de justicia y recordar que todos tenemos derechos básicos. Chad ha viajado a más de 60 países, educando e involucrando a comunidades, escuelas, corporaciones e individuos para poner fin a la crisis del agua limpia. Más recientemente, dirigió estrategias de marketing y recaudación de fondos para World Vision USA. Chad tiene una maestría en psicología y un MBA. Le gusta ir a conciertos con su esposa y hacer snowboard, hacer caminatas y saltar desde los acantilados con sus cinco hijos.

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Nick Burn

Director de Escala y Estrategia

NICK BURN
CHIEF OFFICER OF SCALE AND STRATEGY

Nick Burn ha pasado casi 30 años de su vida administrando programas de desarrollo internacional. Formado como agricultor, vivió y viajó para trabajar extensamente en países de África, Asia del Sur y América Latina. En los últimos diez años ha estado trabajando con Water For People para implementar programas que construyan sistemas duraderos y promuevan la independencia de la ayuda. Él cree que el trabajo de Water For People puede traer un cambio real a los más pobres de los pobres. (Más...)

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Abdi Debela

Directora financiera

ABDI DEBELA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Abdi finds deeper meaning in the convergence of her professional career in finance and her passion in life: positively and sustainably impact one person, one village, or a community at a time. She holds a BA in Accounting from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, her native country, and an MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University. She is also a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).

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Mark Duey

Director de programas

MARK DUEY
CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER

Mark believes the global water and sanitation crisis can end during our lifetime. Mark was a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras and then a consulting engineer before joining Water For People in 2008. He holds an MS in Economics, Finance, and Management from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics where he was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. Mark enjoys strong family ties to Central America where his wife and two of his three children were born.

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REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Samson Hailu Bekele

Regional Director, Africa

SAMSON HAILU BEKELE
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, AFRICA

Samson Hailu Bekele joined Water For People as the Africa Regional Director in 2017. He contributes his 35 years of experience in strategic planning, managing finances and programs, strengthening fundraising and grant management processes, and mentoring people. He has visited or worked in 25 countries ? 18 in Africa ? and savors time with his two, now nearly adult, children. He holds an MBA, a postgraduate diploma in business analysis, and a BS in Accounting.

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Daniel Oporto

Regional Director, Latin America

DANIEL OPORTO
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, LATIN AMERICA

Daniel is an international development expert with 20 years of experience designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating projects in areas related to pro-poor and private sector development. Daniel's experience has focused on the following fields: market-based mechanisms in water and sanitation, sustainable and climate-smart agriculture, public-private partnerships, linking smallholders and farmers to markets, value chain and market systems development, and bottom of the pyramid markets, to name a few.

Daniel has worked on multicultural project teams with clients and employers from the private sector, multilateral and bilateral institutions, humanitarian aid agencies, nonprofits, microfinance institutions (MFIs), social entrepreneurs, and business associations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.