New Co-Chairs for AGWA's Board of Directors

At this year’s Annual Members Meetings, several changes to the Board of Directors were put to a vote. As a result, we are pleased to welcome new Board Members and two new Co-Chairs.

A proposal was put forward at the meeting to expand the Board by one seat. The proposal passed with unanimous approval by members. The Board already had an existing opening due to a recently vacated seat as well. Members voted from a list of nominees, and the two open positions were filled by Dr. Rachael McDonnell of IWMI and Mr. Thomas Panella of the ADB.

In addition, the two seats as Co-Chairs of the Board had been vacated in the preceding months. The Co-Chairs are essential to the governance and decision making of AGWA. As such, members voted to fill the open positions at the same Annual Members Meetings.

We are very pleased to announce that existing Board Members Louise Whiting and James Dalton were selected to take on the roles of Co-Chairs. Both have graciously accepted the nominations. Please join us in welcoming Louise and James in their new roles!

We would also like to extend a tremendous amount of gratitude to AGWA’s previous Co-Chairs of the Board: Maggie White of SIWI and Diego Rodriguez of the World Bank. Both have been absolutely essential to AGWA’s progress over the years. Maggie continues to serve on the Board, while Diego, one of AGWA’s co-founders, will continue to engage as a regular member of AGWA.