Mary Eggert
GlobalWaterWorks
Chief Innovation Officer
Mary grew up on Water Street in Watertown, Wisconsin, and gave her first talk on water at age 10. After receiving a Bachelor degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Mary went on to work for Accenture, Dale Carnegie, Envestnet Wealth Management and Tech Image. She created and ran an Internet Agency that played a key role in two Internet firsts, the first futures exchange on the Web and the first real-time futures trading site.
After joining a water charity and becoming aware of the first-world challenges with water, she created the GlobalWaterWorks CONNECT platform to connect drops of interest in water for waves of impact. More than 1000 water professionals and solution seekers regularly access the GlobalWaterWorks community: www.gwwconnect.com.
Mary is an active member of WEF, AWWA, the SWAN-Forum, Alliance for Water Efficiency and the Water Pro Community. Her network of water industry professionals numbers in the 10s of 1000s.