Jesse Shapiro

Jesse Shapiro is a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Advisor and Sanitation Focal Point at USAID. He is an engineer with experience in construction of water and sanitation infrastructure, policy development, behavior change, organizational capacity building, and provision of technical assistance to government for the WASH sector. At USAID he has primarily involved with new project development and leading a increased emphasis on sanitation programming. Prior to joining USAID, Jesse was based in the field with the governments of East Timor and the Marshall Islands where he was a technical advisor for various INGOs, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Jesse holds a Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering - Water and Sanitation from Michigan Technological University, a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability from Michigan Technological University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Mexico.