Braimah Apambire, Ph.D.

Senior Program Officer, International Programs and Senior Advisor, WASH

Braimah Apambire leads the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s water initiative and spearheaded the development of the Foundation’s strategic plan for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming in Africa. Prior to joining the Foundation, Apambire spent six years as director of the WASH Sector at World Vision, where he led the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of global WASH strategies and large-scale integrated programs. He has also served as assistant research professor at the Desert Research Institute in Nevada, where he studied international and southern Nevada water issues and taught graduate classes on water supplies in developing countries. He received the Institute’s Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences “Outstanding Faculty Award” 2000-2001. Apambire also founded the Students Association for International Water Issues at University of Nevada, Reno. He has served as a board member of the Millennium Water Alliance and member of the steering committee of the Global Water for Sustainability Program. Apambire has researched and published articles and reports on water issues in developing countries and on water quality and human health. He received a doctorate in hydrogeology from the University of Nevada, Reno; a master’s degree from the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center, Canada; and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Ghana.