One Drop Foundation
Co-President and Co-CEO
Montreal, Canada and Morelia, Mexico
Canadian & Mexican
Ernenek is a visionary leader with over 20 years dedicated to create social and environmental impact on a global scale. As Co-CEO of One Drop Foundation since 2023, he has driven the foundation's strategic direction with a focus on high-impact water and climate resilience projects that catalyze systemic change. With deep expertise and understanding of international development, Ernenek excels at forging powerful multi-stakeholder alliances and securing innovative funding to accelerate progress toward achieving the SDGs. Prior to his current role, Ernenek held several positions at One Drop, including Senior Director of Programs and Director of the Lazos de Agua Program, Project Development Manager, and Project Manager, India.
Prior to One Drop, Ernenek's field experience with Oxfam, where he advised on water, sanitation, hygiene and food security projects in Honduras and Haiti, solidified his commitment to social impact.
Ernenek's academic credentials include an MBA in Corporate Social Responsibility from Université Laval in Canada, a Master's in Management and Information Technology from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and a Bachelor's in Computer Systems Engineering.
As a Global Visiting Professor at Tec de Monterrey, he shares his expertise in corporate social responsibility and shared value creation to develop the next generation of socially responsible leaders. He serves on the Board of Governors of the recently established Latin American Water Council.
Offer
At One Drop, we envision a sustainable future with safe water for all. We do this by uniting people and empowering communities to solve the water and climate crisis through innovative and sustainable action. We like to call ourselves Conveners, bringing together diverse stakeholders to work towards a common goal: a world where everyone has access to safe water. Our role in the impact ecosystem goes beyond funding; we bring 17 years of experience in co-designing and supporting the implementation of projects that have brought sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene services to nearly 3 million people around the world. We do this by applying and building the capacity of our partners in our systems strengthening model, the ABC for Sustainability, and our Social Art for Behavior Change approach. We also fundraise and mobilize financial resources for our mission and for our programs.
NEED
One Drop has contributed to provide access to safe water for nearly 3 million people since 2007, and we aim to provide access to safe water for another 3 million people by 2030, to achieve this we need: • Flexible funding and resources that are open to creative solutions (i.e. regenerative philanthropy) • Bold partnerships beyond our specialty sector • Support networks
Call-to-Action
Break down silos, build bolder partnerships and joining forces to fundraise and mobilize the necessary resources to solve the water and climate crisis.
