Gary White - CEO and co-founder, Water.org, WaterEquity, WaterConnect

Gary White - CEO and co-founder, Water.org, WaterEquity, WaterConnect

Gary White is a globally recognized expert in the water and sanitation sector with more than 30 years of experience working to solve the global water crisis. As CEO and Co-founder of Water.org, Co-founder of WaterEquity, and Co-founder of WaterConnect, he has been at the forefront of developing sustainable, scalable solutions that have empowered millions of people with lasting access to safe water and sanitation.

Gary is a trusted advisor to global organizations, including Inditex, Reckitt, Amazon Web Services, Bank of America, and the Water Resilience Coalition, offering strategic guidance on solving the water crisis. His work has earned him accolades like inclusion on the TIME 100 list and the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

Gary holds three degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Missouri University of Science & Technology.