Alan joined SOPAC in June 2009.  Qualified as a health inspector in 1977, he has spent 32 years in public health, the last 14 with Ministry of Health in New Zealand, working in environmental health, food safety, enforcement, and most recently with the drinking water team, administering the NZ drinking water assistance programme.  In the 1980s, as a VSA volunteer, he surveyed, designed and built rural village water supplies in Solomon Islands. He is the Co-ordinator- Drinking Water Safety Planning (DWSP) at SOPAC and will be working on the development and implementation of DWSP's.

Chelsea joined the SOPAC water team in February 2009 as the Water Demand Management (WDM) Programme Officer. Originally from the kiwifruit capital of the world (Te Puke, New Zealand), she studied Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury with a focus on water. She has previously spent time with UNESCO Bangkok in the Education for Sustainable Development unit and tutored undergraduate level GIS, surveying and environmental engineering courses.

Iva joined SOPAC in October 2008 as a Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Officer. The WASH programme aims to improve the lives of the Pacific Island people access to water resources and sanitation through improved management of water resources and the development of adequate and sustainable water supply, improved facilities and hygienic practices for all. Iva graduated with a Degree in Environmental Science from the Auckland University of Technology in 2003.  Before joining SOPAC, she was a Senior Field Trainer with an NGO Live & Learn Environmental Education for the last 5 years working in schools and communities.