Elizabeth Holst

Elizabeth (Ebie) Holst is Director, Clusters and Innovation at the Cleveland Water Alliance. A 12-year Silicon Valley veteran, she has worked in both information and clean technology, and brings over 25 years of management and practical experience in the strategic design and launch of new business models and alliance initiatives across multiple sectors and global industries. With a focus on the water industry since 2009, Ebie has been tapped as an advisor and speaker on water issues, opportunities, trends, and technical considerations by organizations including The White House and Brown, Gibbons Lang & Company, as well as water-intensive industry stakeholders such as Oil & Gas. She is the Founder and CEO of SplashLink, an online marketplace and market intelligence hub for the water industry, and served as Interim CEO for Jet, Incorporated, a wastewater treatment solutions company. She served on the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC), for the U.S. Department of Commerce on global markets for water and wastewater technologies. She is a graduate of The University of Michigan.

Why are you involved with EcoThrive Initiatives?

Ecothrive focuses on helping underserved communities around the world navigate water and sanitation issues in an increasingly water-stressed world. This is powerful work, and critical the future of all of us. I want to be a part of that.