Gary White (engineer)

For other people named Gary White, see Gary White (disambiguation).

Gary White is the CEO and co-founder of Water.org. In 1990, he founded WaterPartners, an American nonprofit developmental aid organization focused on providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. In July 2009, WaterPartners merged with Matt Damon's H2O Africa Foundation to create Water.org.

In his work with Water.org, White has been active in the development of the WaterCredit initiative, a microfinance program to assist with water and sanitiation projects .

White is a founding member of the Global Water Challenge , the Millennium Water Alliance , and Chairman of the Steering Committee for WASH Advocates .

in 2009, White was named an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative and in 2011, White and his co-founder Matt Damon were included in the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people . He was the recipient of the 2012 World Social Impact Award from the World Policy Institute, was named one of the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs of 2012 and was named one of Missouri University of Science and Technology's 28 Alumni of Influence.

White earned a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and also holds an M.S. in Environmental Engineering with an emphasis on water supply and sanitation in developing countries, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .

External links

• Clinton Global Initiative
• Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to Innovative Nonprofit Solving Global Water Crisis, November 30, 2004.
• Millennium Water Alliance
• Time 100 2011
• WASH Advocates
• Water.org
• World Policy Around the Table 2012