Our Team
Our Staff
Philip Wagner - Founder
As the founding pastor of Oasis Church for over 25 years, I’ve spent my whole life trying to help people around me. Our church serves our local community in Los Angeles, and has always been concerned with helping the less fortunate. I began talking to my family, friends, and church to rally support. I asked our church to give and we raised funds to help build a clean water well for a village in Malawi. We began to sell Generosity Water bottles to raise awareness about the crisis and funds to build more water projects. As we continued to raise awareness, more funds came in and we helped build and rehab 10 projects in Ethiopia. The project gained momentum and Generosity Water was born.
Jordan Wagner - Executive Director
Jordan is an entrepreneur, passionate about social justice. He started his first business at the early age of 14 by launching an online wholesale store that sold everything from laser pointers to lighters. After high school he founded a real estate and mortgage firm that opened offices in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA and grew to 15 employees. However, after traveling throughout Africa in October of 2008, he was hit with the reality of extreme poverty and how something as simple as water, was killing more people than anything else in the world today. He decided to re-direct his ambition and entrepreneurial spirit to commit the next season of his life to giving clean water to as many people as possible. Since Jordan became the Executive Director of Generosity Water in December 2008, they have funded over 199 water projects in 17 countries giving clean water to over 79,600 people. Jordan speaks internationally about the water crisis and is known for his humorous and inspiring storytelling. He is passionate about seeing the next generation be proactive in addressing social justice issues.
Michael Muniz – General Manager
As a two-sport athlete at Davidson College, Michael figured he'd be pursuing a career in sports, but trips to Bolivia, Uganda, and Kenya opened his eyes to the needs of the poor and spurred a desire to help. After rallying enough friends to fund five wells as a volunteer last year, Michael came on the team as our Outreach and Events Coordinator. Since then he has become the General Manager overseeing the operations of Generosity Water. Since graduating from Davidson College, Michael moved to Los Angeles, completed Mosaic's Protege Leadership Program, and is currently finishing up a Master's in Global Leadership from Fuller's school of Intercultural Studies. Michael is a great fit for the Generosity Water team and we’re excited to have him on board.
Our Board
Philip Wagner - Founder, Chairman of the Board
See "Our Story" to read Philip's full bio
Jordan Wagner - Executive Director, Board Member
See "Our Story" to read Jordan's full bio
Justin Beckett - Board Member
Currently the Founder and CEO of Muse Media Inc., Justin Beckett has more than 20 years of diverse entrepreneurial management experience. A former Executive Vice President of financial services firm Sloan Financial Group, Beckett was the Founder and CEO of Music Gaming Inc, which he led from its inception in 2000 until the company's sale to MySpace/Intermix in 2001. Beckett also founded the Internet-based music services company Fluid Music Inc. and the leading casual gaming company SkillJam Technologies. Beckett's for-profit board membership includes: Fluid Music, Aptilon, Kangaroo Media, GNO Healthcare Services, and Consonus Technologies , Inc. His not-for-profit board membership includes: Oasis Church, Imani & Baraka Foundation, and The Tighe Scholarship Fund. Beckett has served Generosity Water in an advisory capacity since March 2008 and joined its board in October 2008.
“Having lived and traveled throughout Africa, I have a first-hand appreciation for the value and crucial impact of access to clean water. I knew that I wanted to be associated with Generosity Water from its inception. I appreciate that the project facilitates tangible and incremental solutions to a massive problem by accommodating donors at every level, whether it’s a large corporation looking to make a statement, or a single individual who decides to forgo their weekly latte in order to help provide clean water.” – Justin Beckett
Jenny Chen-Drake - Board Member
Jenny Chen-Drake is an attorney with 13 years of experience representing public and private companies in corporate finance and transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and securities. She is currently General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Custom Made VC, a premium boutique fashion house. She has also served General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fluid Music Canada, a leading private-label music aggregation and distribution company. Prior to joining Fluid Music Canada, Chen-Drake spent 12 years in private practice with her most recent tenure at Nixon Peabody, LLP. Chen-Drake has served as a legal advisor to Generosity Water since March 2008 and joined its board in January 2009.
"I got involved with Generosity Water because I was struck by the plight of people without clean water and how simple it is to help. I wanted to work on behalf of a charity that created something to generate income for the purpose of funding the provision of water. Working with Generosity Water, I feel more connected to the people we're helping, which doesn't happen when you just send a check." – Jenny Chen-Drake
Marc Whitmore - Board Member
Marc Whitmore serves as chief executive officer of the Marc Whitmore Organization, a multi service, multi-media company specializing in the production and distribution of music, motion picture and television projects based in Burbank, California. Mr. Whitmore has broad executive experience in the fields of film and music entertainment, including talent development and management and feature film acquisition and distribution.
He was a co-founder of the motion picture distribution company, Providence Entertainment.He is the founder of Organic Records, a past partner of the talent management firm, Whitmore, Jacobsen, Burkhart and McMinn, and has served as Executive Vice President of Wayne Coombs Agency where he oversaw the careers of many well known personalities. He has worked with celebrities as diverse as Matthew McConaughey to Bob Hope; Pat Boone and Alice Cooper; Willie Nelson to Brad Paisley.
For the last few years, Marc Whitmore has consulted for many nonprofit organizations such as World Vision, The Humane Society, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Convoy of Hope, Operation Smile, Holt International, Northwest Medical Teams, Food for the Poor and a host of others.
In addition to Generosity Water, Mr. Whitmore currently serves on the boards of the Renaissance Channel, Electric Cinema, Significant Living, Continental Singers, The Artist Collective, Boy Scouts of America Ozarks Council and Advisory Boards of the Heartland Film Festival, Show Me Missouri International Film Festival and the Liberty Film Festival. Mr. Whitmore has also been a consultant to the White House, several presidential campaigns and has been a producer of Presidential Inaugurals.