•Title: Chief operations officer.
•Organization: WaterPartners International, 2405 Grand Blvd.; 913-312-8600.
•Focus: WaterPartners International is a nonprofit organization providing safe drinking water in developing countries. Since its 1990 inception, the organization has provided safe water and sanitation to communities in Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Guatemala, India, Kenya and the Philippines.
Stamm is responsible for seeing that grant money received from institutions, corporations, foundations and private individuals is spent efficiently and that programs are effective. WaterPartners partners with screened organizations in other countries and provides innovative financing through its WaterCredit Initiative.
•Background: Stamm has 24 years of domestic and international experience in the utility and energy risk management industries, including five years as COO of Aquila. Stamm became active in Engineers Without Borders in 2007 and helped install biosand water filters in the Dominican Republic.
•Education: Stamm holds an MBA from Rockhurst University and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri.
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