Camille Dow Baker is the President and CEO of the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (or CAWST for short). Camille is a professional engineer and executive with 25 years of experience, primarily in the oil and gas industry internationally and in Western Canada, but more recently in the international water and sanitation industry.

Influenced heavily by her socially minded children, Camille left the oil and gas sector to go to the University of Calgary, where she earned her graduate degree in environmental design, focusing on water and sanitation in developing countries.

Prior to this, Camille was Manager of Engineering and Operations at AEC International and enjoyed a very successful career in various managerial and leadership positions at Norcen Energy Resources Limited and Conwest Exploration Company Limited. She led several international projects in Australia, Peru, Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe.

Camille has been President of the Board of Directors for the YWCA of Calgary and is a recent recipient of the National GRIOT Award for science and technology.