Meet the Team
A Team of Teams
WaterStart leverages and coordinates the expertise and infrastructure of partner organizations to provide water innovation services to water management agencies, technology companies, and policy makers to spur economic growth in the water sector.
WaterStart Team

Andrew Kingsford
General Manager Australia

Christine Monaco
Membership Coordinator

Danielle Garone
Director, Finance and Business Administration

Nathan Allen
Executive Director

Rebecca Shanahan
Director, CHANNELS
Board Members
Board Members

Barbara-Anne Bensted

Dave Johnson
Deputy General Manager, Operations, Southern Nevada Water Authority

Ian Olson
Senior Director of Global Sustainability
McDonald's Corporation

Kristopher Sanchez
Interim Executive Director, Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED)

Louise Dudley
Former CEO, Queensland Urban Utilities

Mark Foree
General Manager, Truckee Meadows Water Authority

Michael Thomas
Capital Investment Plan Manager, Metropolitan Water District

Pat Mulroy
Maki Distinguished Faculty at DRI, Senior Fellow for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Policy, Brookings Mountain West Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, UNLV

Ramsay Huntley
Climate Strategy and Innovation Leader, Wells Fargo
Channels Board
Channels Board

Dave Johnson
Deputy General Manager, Operations, Southern Nevada Water Authority

Nathan Allen
Executive Director, WaterStart

Pat Mulroy
Maki Distinguished Faculty at DRI, Senior Fellow for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Policy, Brookings Mountain West Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, UNLV

Rebecca Shanahan
Director of Programs & Operations, WaterStart

Will Sarni
Founder and CEO of Water Foundry, LLC; CEO, Colorado River Basin Fund
Work With Us
WaterStart creates channels for knowledge sharing among global leaders and removes common barriers for the adoption of innovative technologies, in the delivery, management, and conservation of water.