Evelyn Wendel
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Evelyn Wendel founded WeTap in 2008 to improve appreciation, access and use of public drinking fountains as a means to reduce dependence on single use plastic waste, to improve public health and well-being and to help eliminate the economic and environmental disparities caused by mistrusting public drinking water. WeTap developed the first technology globally to map and access drinking fountains and filling stations. WeTap initiated the launch of Tap Water Day in 2015 with the CA State Resource Control Board, LADWP and Mayor Eric Garcetti. Tap Water Day has since expanded throughout California. She Chairs the Safe to Drink Work Group for the State of California, which is the only website dedicated to drinking water for CA. Prior to devoting her energy to WeTap, Evelyn worked at Paramount Pictures for over 10 years in feature marketing, development and production, worked on many films and produced the documentary “The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner”.
Evelyn@WeTap.org
Adam Weston
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
Adam Weston has many years of experience developing, creating, maintaining, consulting with a variety of companies on website, and overall tech support. Weston is born and raised in Los Angeles, graduated from Palisades High School and loves the ocean and hiking.
Brian Sheridan
ADVISOR
Brian Sheridan is an experienced nonprofit professional with over 10 years in the field. He is currently the Development and Marketing Manager for the Council for Watershed Health, Southern California’s trusted hub for watershed education, research and analysis. In his role, he spearheaded the growth of outreach, funding and events. Brian was the founder of the Environmental Funders and Media Forum. Prior to joining the team at the Council, Brian was the Development and Marketing Manager for Heritage Square Museum. In this role, Brian oversaw the growth of the museum from a sleepy outpost to one of the Los Angeles’ landmark historic destinations. Heritage Square was named the number one museum in Los Angeles three years in a row on Fox 11. While at Heritage Square Museum, Brian co-founded the LA Heritage Alliance, an effort to bring together the museum, history and preservation community around issues of mutual interest. LA Heritage Day, the culminating event of the LA Heritage Alliance, annually brought together thousands of visitors to celebrate the region’s history. Brian currently serves on the boards of the Lummis Day Community Foundation and WeTap.
Conner Everts
Advisor
Conner Everts is the Facilitator for the Environmental Water Caucus, The Executive Director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and co-chair of the Desal Response Group. He is chair of Public Officials for Water and Environmental Reform (POWER) as well as other organizations. Conner was elected to the Casitas Municipal Water District and was president of the Ojai Basin Management Ground Water Agency. Conner was convener of the California Urban Water Conservation Council and on the state task forces on Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Desalination, and the SWRCB recycled water stakeholder process and most recently is on the Department of Public Health Direct Potable Reuse Advisory Group. But his most important work is as elder advisor to the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and with the Southern California Steelhead Coalition helping remove dams on the streams where he caught fish as a youth and hopefully others can in the future.
Maude Tipton
Executive Assistsnt
Maude Hannah Tipton is a recent graduate from the University of California, Berkeley. She has been working with WeTap.org as an Executive Assistsnt for the Executive Director since 2018 and has worked in a variety of capacities including: fundraising efforts, community relations, project management and overall operations. She is passionate about technology’s ability to solve the world’s most pressing issues and believes that WeTap.org is doing this by reducing the reliance on bottled water, improving public health and increasing informational access to public drinking water.
Jonathon Parfrey
ADVISOR
Jonathan Parfrey is executive director of Climate Resolve. Appointed in 2009, Parfrey just wrapped up a tenure as a commissioner at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He is also a visiting lecturer at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Parfrey is immediate past-president of the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters. He is a founder and Vice Chair of CicLAvia, the popular street event. He is also a founder of the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability and the statewide Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation. From 2007-2011, Parfrey served as director of the GREEN LA Coalition. From 1994 to 2007, he served as Los Angeles director of Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization, Physicians for Social Responsibility. In 2003, Mr. Parfrey was appointed to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Environmental Policy Team. In 1992, Parfrey received the Paul S. Delp Award for Outstanding Service, Peace and Social Justice. In 2002 he was awarded a Durfee Foundation Fellowship. In 2010, Parfrey received a Stanton Fellowship. In 2011, he was appointed a Senior Fellow at the USC Marshall School of Business. In 2013, he was a visiting lecturer at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Alexander McFadden
GIS Map Analyst
Alexander McFadden is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst with expertise in cartographic design and model development. Prior to joining WeTap he attended the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, graduating with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Geography. His research at UCLA focused on the applications of GIS to aid in environmental decision making. After graduating he joined CarbFix, a company in Iceland focused on CO2 solidification and sequestration. His work involved data collection, creating maps for client reports, and the development of an interactive online application for the CarbFix website. As a GIS analyst for WeTap, Alexander's work focuses on the applications of GIS to aid in the decision making for hydration station installations. In the fall, Alexander will begin graduate school at the San Diego State Department of Geography.