Larissa Balzer

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Company: Ocean Sewage Alliance

Location: Oklahoma

A mixed Mary Poppins bag of project management and development, coordination and creation of digital content for web and social media marketing.

The Ocean Sewage Alliance aims to reduce the threat of sewage and wastewater pollution in our oceans and in doing so, increase the health and well-being of humans and nature. We will achieve this mission by collaborating across sectors, synthesizing and sharing knowledge, developing solutions, and raising awareness.

Larissa Balzer

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Company: Ocean Sewage Alliance

Location: Oklahoma

A mixed Mary Poppins bag of project management and development, coordination and creation of digital content for web and social media marketing.

The Ocean Sewage Alliance aims to reduce the threat of sewage and wastewater pollution in our oceans and in doing so, increase the health and well-being of humans and nature. We will achieve this mission by collaborating across sectors, synthesizing and sharing knowledge, developing solutions, and raising awareness.

Karen Frost

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Company: The Water Council

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I lead three globally focused water tech innovation programs supporting startups in the industry, matchmaking and global economic development.

The Water Council is a global hub dedicated to solving critical water challenges by driving innovation in freshwater technology and advancing water stewardship.

Johnny Alexander Gunneng

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Company: InfoTiles

Location: Norway

Johnny Alexander is the CEO of InfoTiles and a former Management Consultant turned into a water geek.

InfoTiles has its origin in between the fjords of Norway but extends far beyond Scandinavia.

In short, InfoTiles simplifies and automates the tedious steps of consolidating data, applying real time analytics and machine learning so water utilities can turn insights into actions and benefit from more efficient, sustainable operations.

Be like water and feel free to reach out for a glass of tap water.

David Katzev

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Company: EBMUD

East Bay Municipal Utility District is a California public utility that supplies high-quality drinking water, generates renewable energy and provides wastewater treatment and pollution prevention services that protect San Francisco Bay. EBMUD was established by a vote of the people in 1923.

Through a system of pipes and facilities, EBMUD supplies Sierra mountain water to 1.4 million East Bay customers. EBMUD’s water service area spans 332-square miles in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, extending from Crockett in the north, southward to San Lorenzo, eastward from San Francisco Bay to Walnut Creek, and south through the San Ramon Valley.

For more than 50 years, EBMUD has helped protect public health and San Francisco Bay with wastewater treatment and innovative pollution protection programs. The wastewater system serves approximately 685,000 people in an 88-square-mile area along the east shore of the bay.

EBMUD is a major Bay Area employer with approximately 1,800 employees working in a broad range of trades, as well as technical, administrative and scientific fields. The District seeks a workforce that is representative of California’s diverse labor force.

Colin Kelly

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Company: ecoSPEARS

Location: Orlando, Florida

Nothing great came easy.

My passion is to make the pleasures and necessities of human life harmonious with the natural world. The race is to space, but there’s still a lot of good work to be done on earth.

I’m currently helping ecoSPEARS, an innovative remediation technology group, build partner and client relations. This company has identified a short-coming in the remediation space, which is that there are no good processes to clean and recycle polluted lands. This is is what they aim to change, which falls in line with my passion. Getting ecoSPEARS to market adoption is the professional mission of my 20s.

Colin Kelly

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Company: ecoSPEARS

Location: Orlando, Florida

Nothing great came easy.

My passion is to make the pleasures and necessities of human life harmonious with the natural world. The race is to space, but there’s still a lot of good work to be done on earth.

I’m currently helping ecoSPEARS, an innovative remediation technology group, build partner and client relations. This company has identified a short-coming in the remediation space, which is that there are no good processes to clean and recycle polluted lands. This is is what they aim to change, which falls in line with my passion. Getting ecoSPEARS to market adoption is the professional mission of my 20s.

Steve McKnight

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Company: 374Water

Location: New York, New York

374Water is a US-based cleantech, social impact company whose mission is to preserve a clean and healthy environment that sustains life. We are pioneering a new era of sustainable waste management that supports a circular economy and enables organizations to achieve their sustainability goals.

Kobe Nagar

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Company: 374Water

Kobe Nagar is the co-founder and CEO of 374Water Inc, a social impact, cleantech company that is commercializing Supercritical Water Oxidation Technology. Or in short, groundbreaking technology that creates a world without waste and connecting (the drops) between Water, Waste, Energy and Food.

Kobe has +20 years of experience in the renewable and cleantech industries and successfully scaled innovative technologies from concept to commercialization. His current passions are his family, coffee and keeping our water clean.

Greg Newbloom

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Company: Membrion

Location: Seattle, Washington

If sustainability was simple, cheap & low-risk – it would be irresistible. Multi-dimensional innovation across technology, services, policy & business models is the path to frictionless & broad adoption of sustainable best practices, but even so we’re not moving fast enough to correct the past. That’s why I’m passionate about accelerating innovation towards irresistible sustainability.

My background blends technology development (10+ years), entrepreneurship (10+ years) and management (7+ years) with an emphasis on bringing together counter-intuitive innovations to deliver extraordinary value (financial & sustainable). I’m an action-oriented believer in building diverse teams, fostering a people-first culture, and enhancing idea meritocracy. My efforts have been recognized with numerous awards including prestigious alumni awards from both my alma maters, professional society early career recognition, and national/regional innovator awards.

Most recently, I’ve had the privilege of building Membrion – a company focused on recovering water from “impossible” waste sources. In 6 short years, I founded the company, raised >$10M & built a diverse 20+ person team that invented, scaled & commercialized a world-changing technology.