Lisa Ballantine
Lisa grew up in the
Chicago area, married young, and
lived a fulfilling life as mother to
four great kids and wife to a
wonderful man. Lisa, having lived
in the Dominican Republic as a
missionary, was aware of the issues
of water contamination in that
country and that it is one of the
leading causes of death in
children. Lisa saw the need for
safe water treatment in the DR and,
having experience in the country,
she knew the project could be
sustainable. Lisa studied under the
direction of Prof. Manny Hernandez,
NIU, for three years before she
moved with her family to the
Dominican Republic and began
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With the help of David Webb, Radhames Carela
and Prof. Hernandez, and the financial
support of Insituform, Lisa re-engineered
the ceramic water filter, equipment and
manufacturing processes to improve
effectiveness, quality, and sustainability.
Lisa has learned a lot from her years of
experience developing AguaPure and is now
ready to launch FilterPure, an
internationally focused enterprise. Lisa
hopes to relieve the need for clean and safe
drinking water in the Dominican Republic,
and eventually in other countries, by
facilitating the spread of ceramic water
filtration as a viable solution for water
treatment in developing nations. |
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Michael Ballantine
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THOMAS ROONEY
 Thomas
Rooney is a managing partner at RCI
Consulting, where he advises clients
on all facets of the global water
crisis with a particular emphasis on
critical water infrastructure
issues.
Prior to joining RCI Consulting, Mr.
Rooney was the President and CEO of
Insituform Technologies, Inc., a
plastics technology company that has
become the world’s largest water,
sewer and oil pipeline
rehabilitation company. During his
tenure the company expanded its
operations to include sewer, oil and
drinking water technologies, while
also expanding the company into
Eastern Europe, Australia, China,
India, Malaysia, Mexico and various
other countries, ultimately
operating in 45 countries around the
world.
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Mr. Rooney currently serves on the
board of directors of the
International Centre for Democratic
Transition (ICDT www.icdt.hu) based
in Budapest, Hungary. Through his
involvement with the ICDT, Mr.
Rooney advises democratic
governments around the world on the
difficult challenges associated with
critical water shortages and failing
water infrastructure.Mr. Rooney
holds a civil engineering degree
from Cornell University and an MBA,
with a specialization in finance,
from The University of Chicago.
Mr. Rooney is the author of numerous
water and infrastructure-related
business commentaries in several
major publications including the New
York Times, the Boston Globe, the
Los Angeles Times, and the
Washington Times as well as frequent
appearances on national news
programs including NBC, CNBC,
Bloomberg, FOX News and NPR Radio. |
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MANNY HERNANDEZ
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soon.
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