Clarissa Brocklehurst is a water supply, sanitation, and hygiene specialist, who has worked for almost 40 years in the international development sector. She is an adjunct professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She previously served as the chief of WASH at UNICEF and helped establish the global Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Clarissa has also played a role in the development of strategy and advocacy for the global WASH sector and serves on several technical advisory groups for sector initiatives.