Imagine the feeling of having 10 seconds left to live before you die. On August 23, 2017, I was driving down a state road in Northern Colorado and was hit head on by a tractor trailer going 60mph. As my life flashed before my eyes, what crossed my mind was a question: “what have I actually done to help the world I’m leaving behind?” In my mind, everything I held onto at death were the moments in my life where I was altruistic. Nothing else really mattered.
After the collision, the van was completely totaled, but I walked away without even a bruise; I had a second chance to give it my best shot. And so, the Powwater journey began.
I started to think about what I could do for others, and quickly learned about the power of water. Access to clean water is the foundation for positive change, improving health, education, women’s rights, and economic opportunity. Yet today, billions of people lack sustainable safe water. It’s an exponentially growing global problem, from the Foothills of the Himalaya, to right here in the American West. By 2025 two-thirds of humanity will live in water scarce regions.
This is why we created Powwater: to bring communities in need the most powerful tool for sparking transformative growth - WATER!
-Jack Hartpence, CEO & Co-Founder
Jack Hartpence
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jackson, WY, USA
Ellie O’Neill
Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer
Jackson, WY, USA
Harrison Fitz
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
San Diego, CA, USA
Andrew Mullen
Co-Founder & Product Engineer
Jackson, WY, USA
Kuukua Eshun
Creative Director
Columbus, OH, USA
Accra, Ghana
Will Munford
Art Director
Jackson, WY, USA
Steph Sherman
Director of Brand Strategy
New York, NY, USA
Ami Diane
Director of Marketing
University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Nick Giannasca
General Counsel Partner @ Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
New York, NY, USA
Shazeeb M Khairul Islam
Advisory Board
Founder @ YY Goshti
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dannie Quilitzsch
Advisory Board
Chairlady of the Supervisory Board @ Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli e.V.
Co-Founder @ Viva con Agua California
Hamburg, Germany
Michael Fritz
Advisory Board
Co-Founder @ Viva con Agua
Hamburg, Germany
Tanzeem Noor
Head of Growth @ YY Goshti
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tim Neville
Advisory Board
COO Impact Water
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Mark Turgesen
Impact Water Country Director, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Zacch Akinyemi
Impact Water Country Director, Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria
Ernst Bruderer
Advisory Board
Chair @ Vistage International, Owner / Chair @ Burka Selian Coffee Estate Arusha (Tanzania)
Hilton Head, SC, USA
Jeff Sherman
Advisory Board
President of Sales & Production @ Reunited Clothing
New York, NY, USA
Hilda Batayneh
Advisory Board
Executive Creative Director @ Reunited Clothing
New York, NY, USA
Wayne Turner
Advisory Board
CEO @ Odyssey Sensors
Jackson, WY, USA