TICKETS

General Admission-In Person (Early Bird)-$45.00

General Admission-In Person (after 10/1)-$60.00

General Admission Virtual-$25.00

Exhibitors-$75

Virtual International-Free (via Raymond James)

Students-Free (via American Water Works Association)

Saturday. October 21, 2023

Learn more about this innovative design approach and how its participatory, empathic and partnering principals can empower and enhance successful clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects around the world.

HYBRID FORMAT

Live Event at the CSU Spur Hydro Building
in Denver, CO and Virtual (Zoom)

4777 National Western Dr.
Denver, CO 80216

presented by

Event Contact: Martha Boon
720-839-5231
mboon18@mac.com

Keynote Speakers

  • Georgie Badiel-Liberty

    Supermodel, Best Selling Author, Water Activist
    The Georgie Badiel Foundation

    Georgie Badiel-Liberty is a Burkinabé model, author, and activist living and working in New York City. Her modelling career eventually brought her to New York where Georgie began using her platform to take on the issue of clean drinking water. She founded the Georgie Badiel Foundation, which aims to provide clean water and sanitation to the people of Burkina Faso by building and restoring wells, providing technical training in well operation and maintenance, and creating educational programs for sanitary and hygiene practice.

  • Mark Duey

    Co-CEO
    Water For People

    Mark Duey is Co-CEO at Water For People. Mark's engineering career led him to join the Peace Corps where he worked with communities in Honduras on sustainable water access. During his two years in the Peace Corps, he often collaborated with the local Water For People team and officially joined the organization as the School, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Program Coordinator for Central America in 2008. He later served as the Latin America Regional Director, the Chief Programs Officer, and Water For People’s Chief Operating Officer. He holds an MS in Economics, Finance, and Management from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, and his BS is in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska. Mark is based in Denver and enjoys strong family ties to Central America, where his wife and two of his three children were born.

Breakout Speakers

  • Washington Chimuzu

    Malawian Engineer and Board of Freshwater Project International

  • Waleska Crowe

    WASH-RAG Leader and Guatemalan Rotarian

  • Patty Hall

    Founder of H2O for Life and Rotarian

  • Anthony Hulula

    NGAO Foundation and Kenyan Rotarian

  • Arthur Nkosi

    Director of CorpsAfrica/Malawi

  • Heidi Rickels

    Executive Director of Freshwater Project International and Rotarian

  • Peter Van Arsdale

    Co-chair of District WASH Committee and Rotarian

  • Kaye Wattawa

    Development Coordinator for Village Health Partnership

Agenda

7:15 a.m. – Continental breakfast and viewing of sponsors/exhibitors’ displays

8:15 a.m. – Call to Order and Welcomes
-WASH Symposium Co-Sponsors, Martha Boon and Kevin Andrewjewski
-D5450 District Governor, Jim Johnston
-President of the Evergreen Rotary Club
-Rotary E-Club Representative-Heidi Rickels
-Vice Provost Jim Bradeen from CSU Spur Campus
-Rob McMaher, co-chair of the District WASH Committee

8:35 - Overview of the Human Centered Design Approach by Garrett Mason, Director of Training and Program for CorpsAfrica

8:55 a.m. - Keynote Speaker: Mark Duey, Co-CEO of Water For People

9:50 a.m. – Breakout #1

10:50 a.m. – Break

11:05 a.m. – Breakout #2

12:10 a.m. – Buffet Lunch

12:35 p.m. – Awards

12:45 p.m. – Keynote Speaker – Georgie Badiel-Liberty, former Miss Africa, Actress, Model and WASH Advocate

1:35 p.m. – Final Comments and Dismissal

1:45 p.m. – Symposium Adjourns

Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

Ambassador Level

Envoy Level