ONE WORLD FILTER FOUNDATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chartered Professional Accountant
- INTERIM CFO / MANAGEMENT
Annette Browne brings twenty years of financial and operational experience into her new role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of OWF Foundation. Annette spent majority of her career working her way up the ladder in her family's business, starting out as a delivery driver for Browne's Auto Supplies, to administrative assistant, to accountant and book keeper, to controller, to director of human resources, and eventually to CFO, a position she held for fifteen years. As CFO of Browne's Auto Supplies, she was instrumental in supporting the CEO in the formulation of the company's business strategy, which was backed by detailed financial recording and analysis. During her fifteen-year role as the CFO of the family business, the company's revenue tripled and expenditures decreased by five percent, resulting in a boost in gross profit margins by two percent. In 2018, Annette decided to sell her interest in the family business and set up Browne Financial, as boutique advisory firm which she fully owns and operates. As the founder and CEO of Browne Financial, Annette channels her vast experience, passion and skills to help clients grow their businesses and make informed financial decisions by advising them on their accounting, human resources, and other business needs.
Annette is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Certificate in Criminology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Job Titles:
- MEMBER of the ADVISORY BOARD
Carole Joyce is a talented filmmaker, photographer, and producer. She has devoted her career and charity work supporting other artists bring their projects to fruition. After graduating from Brooks Institute of Photography, she went to work for Studio Film & Tape and worked her way up the ranks to become Vice President, guiding the company to sales of over $10 million a year. During her career at Studio Film & Tape, she was instrumental in the company's efforts to provide discounted film stock to filmmakers, which helped give rise to the explosion of independent filmmaking.
Job Titles:
- COO
- Chief Operating Officer ( COO ) of OWF Foundation
- COO / MANAGEMENT
Christina Steele-Nash is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of OWF Foundation. Before joining OWF Foundation, Christina spent eight years as a producer and CEO at Skeet Shoot Films, and most recently as a Project Coordinator at Seafair Capital. Prior to Seafair Capital, Christina served as production manager for various local production companies where she planned, coordinated, implemented, and assigned manpower to meet aggressive production schedules. She drove daily production activities with effective leadership and communication at these companies.
Throughout her career, Christina has been a successful and versatile project manager taking on diverse project tasks to accomplish tight deadlines, highly adept at managing expectations and cultivating relationships. In the process, she has helped numerous people and organizations transform ideas into practical, usable, and scalable solutions.
As COO, Christina will direct the operations of the OWF Foundation's critical programs, ensuring resources are properly utilized to best achieve the foundation's mission. She will also work with the executive leadership team to ensure the organization's effective planning and execution against key strategic goals. Christina is a natural leader with a drive to serve people and communities. She will play a vital role in positioning OWF Foundation for success as it debuts to serve the global community in February 2020.
Christina has been involved in numerous community projects. She is currently an Ambassador for St. John's Board of Trade. She is the Chair of the Board at West End Community Alliance, a member of the Executive Board of Directors at Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society, a founding Board Member at A1C Fine Art Gallery, a Director of the Board at Eastern Edge Art Gallery and at Resource Center for the Arts, LSPU Hall.
Job Titles:
- MEMBER of the ADVISORY BOARD
Clarissa Burt is an award-winning international media personality,
Job Titles:
- MEMBER of the ADVISORY BOARD
Evan is a prolific inventor and entrepreneur who has built companies in the consumer products, defense, and publishing industries and created numerous technologies over a career of 40 years. He is the inventor of a majority of the household water filter technologies found in today's market (the end-of-tap carbon block water filter, refrigerator water filters, the "CTO" carbon block) as well as many of the fundamental materials used in the filtration industry such as scale-control resins, extruded activated carbon block, flat-sheet carbon media, mass-produced Nano fibers by fibrillation and direct dielectrophoretic spinning, and adsorption-intensified structures.
Serial entrepreneur, die hard environmentalist, philanthropist, visionary, inventor. Founded over 16 companies of which Hotel.com was a major exit. Inder's US based incubator's current projects include Zygor Energy, Kacen Water, Zygo Spark Plugs, Zycara, and EduIndia
Job Titles:
- Founder and President of OWF Foundation
- PRESIDENT / BOARD of DIRECTORS
- President and Founder of One World Filter ( OWF ) Foundation
Judy is the President and Founder of One World Filter (OWF) Foundation. She has over 26 years experience working in various businesses around the world. Judy lived and worked in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore from 1995 to 2004, and from 1995 to the present, has been engaged in several business startups throughout Asia, Africa, Middle East, Europe, and North America. She has extensive experience in marketing and sales, business development, product design and manufacturing, logistics, and has a passion for interior design. In 2004, Judy received NLOWE's Female Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award.