Meet the Staff
Scott Harrison
Founder/CEO
In 2004, Scott served as a photojournalist for Mercy Ships in Liberia, West Africa, where he learned the life-threatening effects of contaminated water. Upon moving back to his home in New York City in 2006, he founded charity: water. See more of Scott's story here.
@scottharrison
Christoph Gorder
President
Christoph grew up in the Central African Republic and Nigeria, where getting clean water is still a dream for millions. He’s spent the last 15 years at AmeriCares, bringing medicine, medical supplies and healthcare to people in crisis around the world. Christoph joined charity: water to lead our programs, run day-to-day operations, and help us maximize our efficiency and impact worldwide.
@CGORDER
Michael Letta
Chief Financial Officer
Michael has more than 10 years of experience in non-profit, private industry and public accounting. His drive for meaningful work led him straight to charity: water, where he now manages and supports our innovative accounting and operations staff.
@mletta7
Viktoria Harrison
creative director
Vik attended the School of Visual Arts and began her career at Fad, an NYC design house. For two years she worked on ad campaigns for Honda, Coke, AmEx and many other brands. She left the for-profit world in 2007 to come on full time as charity: water brand manager and designer.
@vikharrison
Yukari Matsuzawa
VP of Growth
Yukari was born in Japan, grew up in Chicago, and excelled on the West Coast. She put her MIT Business degree to work in diverse leadership roles at Toyota, Google, Twitter, and mobile gaming company, ngmoco, before coming to charity: water as VP of Growth. Now her business is expanding our capacity to give clean water.
@yukarim
Paull Young
Director of Digital
Paull grew up on a drought-stricken family farm in Australia. He moved to NYC in 2007 to lead accounts for a social media agency and earned multiple awards for work with Fortune 500 brands. For charity: water, he launched a birthday campaign, helped pull off Twestival and now leads the team's online presence.
@PAULLYOUNG
Lauren Miller
Executive Producer
Lauren spent five years managing events and communications for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle brands such as Warner Bros., Saks and Swarovski before stepping in to produce our charity: ball 2010. She hails from Ohio, but is right in her element in NYC, leading major campaigns for charity: water.
@laurenemiller3
Brian Honohan
Director of Technology
Brian used to lead a web development team for publishing, entertainment and traditional product-based clients. Now, his sights are set on crafting technology that accelerates a completely different purpose -- charity: water's impact on the water crisis.
Matt Tucker
senior software engineer
Matt comes to charity: water from the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts and six years in the smart grid industry. He's tall, he dislikes cheese (except on pizza) and he believes that technology can be a powerful force for positive change. He's creating and pushing code to help us change the water crisis.
Matt Miller
senior software engineer
Matt grew up in small town North Carolina and moved to an even smaller Texas town after getting his Computer Science degree. He made the jump to NYC in 2010 and hasn't looked back. In the city, he's written code for an investment bank and tech companies ranging from startups to giants. At charity: water, he's pumped about building software to help end the water crisis.
@mattmillr
Jasdeep Gosal
senior software engineer
A New England native, Jasdeep spent the last seven years honing his software development skills in the for-profit world before joining our tech team. Beyond coding for a meaningful cause, he also likes bikes, knitting, fashion, cats and Chihuahuas.
Broc Klein
Software Engineer
Hailing from Pennsylvania, Broc got a degree in Computer Science at PSU and started his career in D.C. For two years, he spent the majority of his time in a NASA basement before moving to New York and joining charity: water. He is enthused about leveraging technology to improve the non-profit world and provide clean drinking water to people in need.
@HJEEBUS
Christina lutters
Front-end Engineer
Christina worked in West Africa, China and in the Middle East before returning to her home state of New York in 2010. After a brief spell in the city's for-profit world, she's happy to be back in non-profit, fighting the water crisis one line of code at a time.
Leah Schuster
Front-end Engineer
Leah grew up in a small town in Montana but spent two years working for a media company in Salt Lake City before joining us. She loves the way charity: water harnesses talent for a cause and uses hers to make us look good online. When not in front of a computer, she’s in search of the city’s best sushi.
@leah_schuster
Robert Lee
Director of Special Programs
For most of his career, Robert has worked in the public sector in program development and international relations. Traveling around the world for a decade has helped him to see the real need for international development. After just finishing his MBA, he’s now excited to join the charity: water team to provide impact through building sustainable solutions in their water programs.
Rachel Brownlee
Special Programs Project Manager
Rachel comes from a digital advertising agency background. She led teams for non-profit organizations like Pencils of Promise and Bright Pink and consumer brands like Bacardi, Jay-Z and Nickelodeon. She joins our Special Programs team to help manage the Remote Sensor initiative.
Christy Scazzero
Director of Program Operations
Christy helps drive the strategic operations that ensure alignment between field programs and charity: water's overall fundraising strategy. She spent her first few years at charity: water managing the organization's water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, and Nepal.
@christyscazzero
Jonna Davis
Senior Water Program Officer
With degrees Economics and Global Ethics, Jonna brings corporate and NGO experience to charity: water. She now manages and develops our implementing partnerships, frequently traveling to programs across Africa and Asia.
@jonnadavis
Mohini Patel
Water Programs Associate
Mohini studied Psychology and Public Health at NYU and traveled to rural Honduras to construct clean water projects. She spends her days managing our incoming completion reporting across all of our partnerships. When she's not (happily) engulfed in our data or statistics, she's searching for solutions to help the department work faster to serve millions more with clean water.
@mohinipatel
Wanja Laiboni
Water Programs Officer
Wanja brings many years of international experience in Haiti, Sudan, Kenya and Tunisia, and she's fluent in English, Kiswahili, French and Spanish. Between overseeing our East Africa water programs from Nairobi, perfecting her Masai jump and trying to convince the world that not all Kenyans can run, Wanja will be hard-pressed to encounter a dull moment.
Jaclyn Lindsey
Director of Key Relationships
Jaclyn has been involved in the non-profit sector for more than seven years. Before coming to charity: water, she was a fundraiser for Florida Hospital. Just when she was ready to channel her skills towards an international cause, she got the opportunity to move to New York. She's now pursuing her dream of raising awareness for clean water by leading our fundraising team.
Eric Ren
Strategy & Growth Manager
Eric moved to NYC after spending a third of his life each in Beijing, Seattle, and Los Angeles. He studied economics and psychology at Claremont McKenna College, and joins us from Bain & Co., where he focused on strategy and operations at tech, media, and entertainment companies. Eric's excited to apply a data-driven approach to help drive growth at charity: water.
Emily Matos
Development Officer
After tackling field research in Africa and helping at-risk kids in Latin America, Emily joined us in 2009. She's a non-profit veteran with a Masters in Global Affairs from NYU and experience in grantmaking and humanitarian assistance. When she’s not traveling abroad, Emily manages our water project sponsorship program and organizational giving.
@emilyamatos
Sarah Cohen
Corporate Foundations Manager
Sarah dove into the luxury and fashion industries straight out of NYU, until her love for travel took over. She spent the next year and a half in 13 different countries — "serious wanderlust," she calls it. We're relieved she's back in NYC to execute communications strategy and manage all the day-to-day logistics involved with brand engagement.
Melissa Burmester
Product Manager
Melissa hails from California where she honed her project management skills working to bring water and energy-saving technologies to Napa Valley wineries. With an International Affairs degree and countless hours of non-profit volunteer work under her belt, she's settled in NYC to manage projects at the charity: water office.
@MelissaBurm
Lauren Kane
Special Events Project Manager
Lauren studied International Affairs at George Washington University.Although born and raised in New York, she comes to us from San Francisco where she orchestrated events for Teach For America. Now she's the creative and logistical genius behind all of charity: water’s happenings.
@laurkane
Mary-ann Keith
Product Manager
Originally from Sydney, Australia, Mary-Ann started out managing projects for huge corporate customers. After working for the UN in NYC and seeing the world, she earned an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies and set her sites on non-profits. We’re glad she did because she makes a great Tech Project Manager.
William Bell
Controller/Treasurer
A CPA with 14 years of experience in audit, tax and corporate accounting, Bill is here to protect our organization's fiscal integrity by ensuring that established processes, controls and safeguards are in place.When he's not diving into reports, Bill can be found with a camera around his neck photographing the streets of NYC.
Michael Gumbley
Director of Program Finance
Gumbley brings several years of development experience to charity: water having supported the execution of various projects in Cote d'Ivoire, Indonesia, D.R.C., Nigeria and Pakistan. He converses in five-ish languages, has degrees from University of Sydney, Georgetown and the Sorbonne, and is excited to work with our implementing partners to ensure charity: water donors are getting the best bang for their buck.
Robin Jones
Sr. Manager for Program Compliance
After a one year assignment on a hospital ship in West Africa, Robin came on as one of charity: water's initial staff members to help build our finance department from the ground up. With over five years of development sector experience, she now partners with our Water Programs team to ensure the financial accountability of our partners and projects in the field.
@robinisajones
Josh Irving
Senior Accountant
Originally from Rochester, NY, Josh joined charity: water with nearly ten years of accounting experience. He earned degrees in music performance at Berklee College in Boston, then accounting at NYU. After years of working in the for-profit world, Josh is now helping us tackle the water crisis by keeping the books for charity: water.
andi rae healy
staff accountant
Before joining charity: water Andi Rae was trying to save the world through music. At night, you can still find her belting out some country tunes around the city... but during the day, she's now putting her accounting degree to work as she crunches numbers for charity: water.
Jan Way Chen
Staff Accountant
Jan is a life-long Brooklynite. After graduating from Baruch College with a degree in Public Accounting, he jumped into charity: water to help us process our offline donations. He's inspired by the endless financial support that streams onto his desk from people from all over the world joining our cause to end the water crisis.
Greg Yagoda
Designer
Water has always been a big part of Greg's life; first, he mastered scuba diving. Then, he took the plunge into charity: water. He recently finished his Master's in Communications Design at Pratt, and now helps charity: water kick out ground-breaking design both online and in print.
@gregyagoda
Denny McFadden
Web Designer
A proud Baltimore native, Denny moved to NYC in 2011. Before charity: water, he worked on interactive design for various start-ups and major media companies including Disney and Discovery Channel. When he's not dreaming up new web experiences for charity: water, you can find him cooking, biking or playing ice hockey.
@dennymcfadden
Jamie Pent
Videographer
Jamie holds a degree in Electronic Media Production and comes to us from a role as Senior Editor on a creative documentary project in Nebraska. Having lived in six states already, she moved to New York to become charity: water's videographer and looks forward to traveling for her role in the water crisis solution.
@jazzyjamieleigh
Tyler Riewer
content strategist
Tyler comes to us from Nebraska, by way of Portland, Oregon. Prior to joining the charity: water team, he spent nine years in advertising, creating content for brands like Red Bull, Nike and A&E. He’s loves storytelling and secret clubs. He also takes himself very seriously.
@tylerriewer
Cubby Graham
school partnerships manager
Cubby grew up in a small town south of Seattle spending most of his days exploring the great outdoors with coffee and a camera in his hands. Although NYC has a slightly different landscape, he’s happy to be exploring the concrete jungle while unlocking creativity and inspiring schools to make the charity: water story their story.
@cubbygraham
Merry Mccarron
Online Reporting Manager
Before finishing up her degree in International Development at NYU, Merry studied in Paris and honed her skills: French and eating chocolate croissants. She now delivers Dollars to Projects reporting to fundraisers and donors on mycharitywater.org. She's developed a love of spreadsheets, SQL and showing supporters the impact they've made.
Kaitlyn Swist
Stewardship Associate
Kaitlyn is a recent graduate of Bentley University, with a degree in Management, Global Perspectives and a minor in Non-profit Organizations. After traveling to Ghana and seeing the water crisis first hand, she came across charity: water and it's been love ever since! She handles the administrative side of offline water project reporting, as well as develops new and old relationships with donors.
@kswist
Chris Barton
General Counsel
Chris started his legal career at a Wall Street firm and has since worked on legal projects in more than 40 nations, including many of the countries where charity: water works. Now, he's helping us translate the fine print and cut through the red tape, guiding us to reach our goals more quickly, smoothly and elegantly. His clear and practical legal work fits right in with our approach.
Kylene Barker
Talent Acquisition Manager
A Los Angeles native, Kylene has more than twelve years of in-house recruiting experience in a diverse group of companies including Google, GAP, Inc., Williams Sonoma and EDAW. After falling madly in love with NYC and working with Harlem RBI, she felt it was imperative to join an organization that makes a difference. She is excited to help grow the amazing team at charity: water.
Stacie Zellmer
Faith Partnerships Manager
Equipped with degrees in Economics and International Relations from Wheaton College, Stacie moved to India to frame International Justice Missions' community engagement strategy. Now she's back in New York finding innovative ways to involve schools and faith groups in charity: water's mission.
@staciezellmer
Sarah Salisbury
Digital Marketing Manager
Sarah came to charity: water after getting her bachelor's in English literature and working at a for-profit startup in Boston. She combines her love of language, HTML, and charity: water by dedicating herself to our email marketing strategy. When she's not hogging the office coffee machine, she's usually lost in a book... or somewhere in Manhattan.
Kaitlyn Jankowski
Supporter Experience Manager
Kaitlyn joins us as a recent grad from Virginia Tech where she studied Communications, tutored NCAA athletes before they went pro, and took a few classes in Switzerland. She fell in love with the organization years ago and now deals with all things mycharity: water, helping fundraisers become rockstars!
@kate_jankowski
Grace Ko
Supporter Experience Associate
A recent grad from Boston University, Grace joins us with heavy involvement in the non-profit sector and a degree in Mass Communication. Combined with her travels through Central America, Grace firmly believes what we believe here -- water changes everything. She now engages with our community of inspiring supporters to provide a personal and impactful experience.
@gracehaeko
Jordan Baker
Supporter Experience Associate
Jordan studied business management at the Walton College of Business. After owning a boutique salon in Arkansas, she moved to NYC to spend a year immersed in King's College business program. She now brings her experience in personal engagement and communications, along with a passion for hand-written thank you notes, to ensure charity: water's supporters have an amazing experience.
@jbrookesbaker
Ian T. Cook
IT Systems Manager
After realizing that computer coding wasn’t for him, Ian ditched computer science to study non-profit technology. He took his love for helping people on a grassroots level to Namibia where he founded a charity of his own and spent several years living and working. Eventually, he returned to New York to become master of technology for the charity: water team.
Chris Dauss
Facilities Manager
Chris is a small town guy, but he earned a degree in International Studies at the University of Wisconsin. He's our Midwestern Mr. Fix It who does everything from building wells to making Jerry cans into lamps while ensuring we have the supplies, tools, and muscle-power to get our work done every day.
Lindsay Ratowsky
community engagement
A born and raised California girl, Lindsay left her surfboard behind and moved to the big city to work with the charity: water team and keep Scott on top of his game. She studied Globalization and Communications at the University of California Santa Barbara, and spent the past six years hobnobbing in the entertainment industry.
@lratow
Johanna Camba
Executive Assistant to Scott Harrison
A long-time New Yorker and Palm Beach native, Johanna spent many years managing and representing talent in the entertainment industry. She went to grad school at Juilliard and also has over 20 years of experience singing in studios, musicals and operas. How good is she? Let's just say that she's a Grammy Voter.
@johannacamba
Stephanie Goetz
Volunteer Coordinator
Straight out of Kentucky, Stephanie joined the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa, to work on community-based health projects. After summers dedicated to public health-related projects in Thailand and Nigeria, she finished grad school at Columbia and came on to be the front-desk guru at charity: water. If you call or walk in our doors, you'll be happy she's the first person to greet you.