Africa Water is Life

Meet the Team

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Amie LoPresti

Co-Founder

Amie LoPresti has worked in the live entertainment business for nearly 20 years. After visiting Africa twice in 2008, she wanted to use her background in promotions to do something about the water crisis in the rural villages of Africa where World Hope International is drilling wells. Amie is married with two children and lives in Fishers, Indiana.

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David Cranor

Digital Media and PR

Since 2000, David has been working for World Hope International, a faith-based relief and development organization working in 25 different countries around the world. Helping to engage people in his community and across the country he has a passion for working with Africa Water is Life volunteers to help those in need.

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Patrick Beckley

Country Director, World Hope International Liberia (WHIL)

Patrick Beckley has 28 years of experience in housing finance, development and management; 17 years with the Government of Sierra Leone; 8 years non-profit experience in developing countries and 3 years with local government. He has served in 29 African countries on housing and community development projects and has extensive travel and work experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and USA, working directly with developers, communities, local and central government authorities. Patrick graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a Postgraduate and Advanced Postgraduate Diplomas in Housing Planning and Building from the Institute for Housing Studies, Rotterdam the Netherlands, and a Certificate in Personnel Administration from the University of Sierra Leone. Patrick has served on WHI’s Board of Directors and is currently WHI’s Country Director for Liberia and the of FIRST STEP Special Economic Zone Director in Sierra Leone. As Country Director in Liberia, Patrick directs the World Hope International’s Rural Development Program that covers food security and WASH projects supporting thousands of rural Liberians.

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Keith Norris

Director of Rural Development

Keith has worked in the area of construction, teaching on college level and development projects in poor countries, including school construction,microfinance, agriculture and livestock. In recent years, his primary focus has been on World Hope International's water well drilling program operating in 5 African countries. Since the start of the program in 2005, more than 500 wells have been completed delivering safe water to 350,000 people. He is married and has three daughters. They lived 7 years in Indonesia and 4 years in Australia before returning to the US in 2004.