International Water and Health Alliances (IWHA) was established in Davis, California by Robert Metcalf Ph.D., and Patrick Widner in 2010 as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
IWHA President Robert Metcalf Ph.D.and Kenyan Wangari Maathai, Nobel Prize winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement
IWHA executive director Patrick Widner and Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and past president of Ireland
The Board of Directors
Robert Metcalf, Ph.D., President
Microbiologist and Professor of Biological Sciences, California State University Sacramento
Professor Louis E. Grivetti, Ph.D.,
Treasurer and Vice President Emeritus in Nutrition, University of California, Davis
Louis Ziskind, Secretary
Immediate Former Executive Director of the Davis Explorit Science Center
Patrick T. Widner, Executive Director
Former Latin America and Caribbean Program Director, Freedom From Hunger Foundation
The core members of the organization have a combined experience of approximately 160 years in the areas of education, non-profit management, international community development and training. Combined, they have traveled or worked in approximately 80 countries.
Special thanks to ErinRose Widner and Paul Blair for their generosity and diligence in the creation and construction of the web site. Thank you to Mary Beth Metcalf and Gloria Widner for all of their support to IWHA; Zoila Regina Alvarez and Dan Ball for their logistical support, guidance and hospitality; Bailey Weston for the logo design; and Alejandra for the reminder of the joy in caring for all children.