Women Plus Water

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"I am passionate about water as it is the foundation to every aspect of our lives"

"My lived experience includes seeing the good and the bad, the hopeless and the hopeful and trying to create a bridge across all stakeholders to find solutions"

"I am committed to create a water secure world and provide young water professionals with solid skillsets to assess and mitigate water risks in an efficient, impactful and collaborative way."

Water Experience

Jennifer is a water economics and risk expert with 11 years of experience and a passion to increase awareness around water risks and communicate these in a way to create traction and find collaborative solutions. Jennifer conducts water security assessments for cities, river basins and countries, and uses the power of multi-stakeholder platforms to identify the root causes of water risks, as well as suitable solutions. To ensure that her on-the-ground understanding remains accurate, she investigates water challenges as part of photojournalism projects. Her clients include the World Bank, 2030 Water Resources Group, UNDP, Circle of Blue, Vector Center and multinational companies, such as Microsoft, to name a few. Addressing the gap in solid water risk assessment and communication skills amongst young (water) professionals, Jennifer has most recently created a 12-week live and interactive online training. This training makes water risk assessments (including physical, infrastructure and governance risks) easy for Young Water Professionals to learn and apply so they can develop confidence in their risk analyses to master their projects & accelerate their career. Before becoming an independent consultant around 5 years ago, Jennifer was a manager at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), where she was invited to be part of PwC's High Potential Program and also co-lead the PwC Global Water Network. Jennifer has completed her BSc in International Economics and Finance (cum laude) at Tilburg University & her MSc in Water Science, Policy & Management at Oxford University.

Opportunities of Interest

  • Speaking engagements (e.g., conference panels, keynote addresses)
  • Leadership roles (e.g., board member, committees)
  • Public outreach (e.g., media interviews, podcasts)
  • Youth engagement (e.g., K-12 school presentations)
  • Consulting (e.g., government, industry, not-for-profit sector)
  • Being a Mentor
  • Having a Mentor

Opportunities Offered

  • Mentorship Short-term (e.g., attend a mentorship circle or event; 1-3 meetings with an individual)
Country: Switzerland
Languages: English, German, Spanish
Sectors: Education, Entrepreneurship, Freelance, Government, NGO, Private Sector
Primary Water Expertise: Agriculture, Community Engagement, Food, Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), Policy and Governance, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's), Water Sanitation Hygiene (WASH), Water Risks and Water Risk Assessments