Tricia Compas-Markman

Tricia Compas-Markman is founder and chief executive officer of DayOne Response, Inc. – a company focused on providing clean drinking water to disaster-prone communities. Tricia has a civil engineering background with 6-years experience working on water treatment technologies for developing countries, such as Thailand, Nicaragua, and Haiti. Tricia is co-inventor of the DayOne Waterbag and her work has been recognized by President Clinton. She is an Unreasonable Institute fellow, recipient of the Junior Chamber International, Osaka Outstanding Young Person’s Award for social innovation, Creativity Foundation legacy prize winner, a North America Finalist for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, 2013 Engineers Without Borders Outstanding member, and a Pipeline Fellow investee. You can check out more of her work at DayOneResponse.com or follow DayOne on Twitter at @DayOneResponse.