The Team
AqueductGo is a global platform that connects water, energy, food and ecosystem challenges with proven solutions and the partners who deploy them. We coordinate connections and support implementation; specialist and local partners deliver the technical and on-the-ground work.
We bring communities, technology providers, institutions and funding partners together to turn shared challenges into practical projects.
Our founding environmental and education experience informs the platform. Prior work by founding organizations is distinct from AqueductGo’s own milestones.
President & Co-Founder
Ygdal Ach brings over twenty years of entrepreneurial and managerial leadership in Israel's environmental sector. He founded Y.A. Maof Holdings & Management, a multinational project company that turns academic and technological research into commercially viable, sustainable solutions across waste, water, and renewable energy.
Co-Founder & Biz Dev
Alan Klinger is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of AqueductGo, where he leads partnerships, capital and growth. A serial entrepreneur, Alan spent twenty years in Miami real estate, founding and leading ventures that helped revitalize and transform neighborhoods across the city. Throughout, he has invested in the things he cares about most: the environment, education, and projects that leave something good behind. AqueductGo is where those threads meet: bringing proven water, energy and food technologies to the places that need them, and pairing them with the education and community work that makes them last. Alan works between Miami and Tel Aviv and is fluent in English, Spanish and Hebrew. He brings deep ties to capital, a network that spans the Americas, the Middle East and Asia, and the ability to turn an introduction into a partnership and a partnership into a project.
Co-Founder & GM Americas
Yoav Zilber is a cross-cultural business consultant who connects Israeli companies with the US market and American companies with opportunities across Africa. He has led strategic acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and post-merger integrations, and builds the relationships with governments, industry, and executives that allow international projects to move.
Co-Founder & Scientific Director
Prof. Ram Shpiner has shaped Israeli water engineering at every scale: designing some of the country's largest wastewater treatment plants, setting national standards as Deputy Chief Engineer of the National Sewerage Administration, and founding the Water Engineering Department at Kinneret College, which he led for eleven years. He holds a PhD from Imperial College London and directs the scientific framework behind the initiative's projects.
Co-Founder & Marketing
Itai Buchan is a marketing and business development strategist who builds go-to-market strategies for organizations entering new territories. His work centers on storytelling — translating complex technical missions into narratives that move partners, funders, and communities — and on scaling brands across diverse global markets.
CPA, International Grants & Innovation Solutions
Better Tomorrow Co-Founder
Better Tomorrow Director of Community Relations
Chief of Staff
Gili Roskies is a communications strategist with a multidisciplinary background spanning technology, education, and the arts. Her work includes global brand and product messaging, interactive learning, professional coaching, and cross-cultural communication. Originally from Canada and based in Israel, she specializes in translating complex ideas into clear messaging and engaging diverse audiences across industries and cultures.
Water Engineering Expert
Mishelle Mejía is an environmental engineer specializing in water reuse and sustainability, with extensive project experience in Israel. She works internationally on water policy and governance, wastewater treatment, and environmental project management, bringing Israeli water practice to implementation across Latin America.
Branding & Business Development
Valerie Brandauer develops and executes brand strategy, tracking brand performance to keep it relevant in shifting markets. She works as a liaison between local and global teams, coordinating across sales, team building, and organizational culture. Based in Bogotá, she is a graduate teaching assistant at EAN University and has volunteered with TECHO Colombia.
Water and Agriculture Innovation
Project Manager Former president of the Israel Water Association.
Investment Banker
An independent investment banker and strategic advisor with over 18 years of experience across investment banking, capital raising, brokerage, alternative investments, and the financial markets in Israel and internationally.
President, Pontifical Foundation Scholas Occurrentes
José María del Corral is a theologian and pedagogue serving as World Director of the Pontifical Foundation Scholas Occurrentes, appointed by Pope Francis, with whom he worked for more than twenty years. He founded the Neighborhood School and the First Archdiocesan Faculty of Religious Sciences, and has served as rector, director of teacher training, and President of the General Council of Education.
Scholas Occurrentes CEO
Over ten years of experience across the public and nonprofit sectors in Latin America and Europe. She holds a degree in International Relations, a Master of Liberal Arts from Harvard University, with a field of study in Government, and a Master’s in Project Management for International Cooperation from the ASVI School for Social Change.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Mauricio Dimant is a lecturer and researcher on Latin America at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he coordinates the Latin American Unit at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace. He serves as academic coordinator of the graduate program in Iberian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern Studies, and leads entrepreneurship and experiential programs across Latin America.
Founding Partner & Director, Smartlanding Consultores
Diana Gourevich is founding partner and director of Smartlanding Consultores in Santiago, where she evaluates and launches projects across renewable energy, infrastructure, and technology. A Commercial Engineer from the University of Chile who also studied at Tel Aviv University, she holds a diploma in Green Hydrogen, sits on the boards of several renewable energy and healthcare companies, and has served as a project evaluator for CORFO, Chile's national development agency.
Expert in Environmental Literacy and in Socio-Economic and Environmental Policies
Susana Pesis, president of TESA foundation (Taller de Economía Sustentable Ambiental). She holds PhD in Project Engineering, tesis “Environmental Literacy”, and Doctorate, Diploma of Higher Studies – Universidad Politécnica de Cataluny. She is a member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University, Israel
A pontifical international organization working with young people across the world. Our partner since 2021, and the educational foundation of the initiative.
The national authority responsible for the country's archaeological heritage, and our professional partner on the assessment for the planned aqueduct restoration.
2021
Partnership established with Scholas Occurrentes, under the guidance of Pope Francis.
2026
Professional assessment and costing of the aqueduct restoration completed with the Israel Antiquities Authority.
2026
The initiative presented at the international congress in Bali.
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