Eleanor is the Lead Executive at B Lab Global. She is leading the nonprofit network to transform the global economy and benefit all people, communities, and the planet. Eleanr is driven by a personal purpose of improving the quality of life for people and the planet. She began her career in the Peace Corps as a water and sanitation volunteer. A civil engineer by trade, she spent over 20 years as a consulting engineer. Before B Lab, Eleanor served as CEO of Water For People. Eleanor’s passions include building high-performing multi-cultural teams grounded in justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion; incorporating personal wellbeing practices into daily life; and mentoring social change makers and STEM professionals. If Eleanor is not riding her bike, she is exploring Colorado and the world with her husband, two boys, and two dogs.
Sorry to say, “We told you so.” But, we told you so. While our two water-focused organizations, Water For People and IRC, have been diligently working for a collective 81 years to ensure ...
If you stroll through the urban slums of Blantyre, Malawi, the landscape is dotted with pit toilets – like we used to have in rural America – that are prominently marked with a phone numb...
I met Maria when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic. She was three years old—smiley, pudgy, and fun. I lived with her grandparents. We spent a lot of time together, p...
