Our Team

Marcela Olivera
Marcela Olivera is the Director of the BPP and a water commons organizer based in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Since 2004 she has been developing and consolidating an inter-American citizens’ network on water justice named Red VIDA. She sits on the coordinating committee of the Platform for Public and Community Partnerships of the Americas (PAPC) and was previously the BPP’s Regional Coordinator for Latin America.

Marcela Olivera

Marcela Olivera is the Director of the BPP and a water commons organizer based in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Since 2004 she has been developing and consolidating an inter-American citizens’ network on water justice named Red VIDA. She sits on the coordinating committee of the Platform for Public and Community Partnerships of the Americas (PAPC) and was previously the BPP’s Regional Coordinator for Latin America.

Leonard Shang-Quartey
Leonard Shang-Quartey is the BPP’s Regional Coordinator for Africa. He is a public policy and management expert and water rights activist based in Ghana with links to several international human right to water movements. He has expertise and experience in water sector policy analysis and lobbying, the formation and coordination of advocacy networks, and the development and dissemination of advocacy messages. He is currently one of two civil society representatives on UN Habitats’ Global Water Operators Partnership Alliance Steering Committee and coordinates the Africa Water Justice Network.

Leonard Shang-Quartey

Leonard Shang-Quartey is the BPP’s Regional Coordinator for Africa. He is a public policy and management expert and water rights activist based in Ghana with links to several international human right to water movements. He has expertise and experience in water sector policy analysis and lobbying, the formation and coordination of advocacy networks, and the development and dissemination of advocacy messages. He is currently one of two civil society representatives on UN Habitats’ Global Water Operators Partnership Alliance Steering Committee and coordinates the Africa Water Justice Network.

Rachel Woods
Rachel Woods supports social media and outreach for the Blue Planet Project. She is also a graduate student at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her research examines Canadian social impact investments in rural Senegal, looking at food sovereignty and social reproduction.