Project Leader Biographies: Water for Humans
Rick McKenney, MBA, is passionate about implementing large-scale change in our society for social and economic justice, as well as, the interaction between economics, politics, and local and developing world economies. He is the co-founder of Water for Humans, a social venture enterprise that strives to insure local public control of water resources and the deployment of low cost, water purification systems to the 1.1 billion people in the world who lack safe drinking water.
Prior to obtaining his MBA in Sustainable Business Practices from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI) in June 2007, Rick was a physicist and materials scientist for eighteen years at Boeing, working on many classified projects. More recently, he spent four years in Vancouver, B.C. at Ballard Power Systems, as a senior materials engineer developing hydrogen fuel cell technologies. Direct experience includes product research and development, supplier development, one-piece flow operations, project planning and management. Rick has also successfully operated his own business that he started while in high school and sold to focus on his undergraduate degree in Solid State Physics and Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduation from the BGI, he is now committed to applying his engineering and business skills to environmental, economic and social justice causes.
Stan Brown, MBA, is the co-founder of Water for Humans. He is a 2007 graduate of Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI) with an MBA in Sustainable Business.
Prior to BGI, Stan had a long career in the computer industry. He began that career as a Systems Engineer with IBM. There he provided technical design and support services for corporations in many different industries, such as finance, insurance, state & local government, health, higher education, retail and chemical. After IBM he worked for a startup enterprise in the telecommunications industry, AccessLine Communications, as a Systems Engineering Manager and a Network Operations Center Manager.
Stan has undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering and a master's degree in Computer Science. He is excited about using his skills and experience as a social entrepreneur to provide clean water to fellow citizens of the world.