Ike serves as Bright Water Foundation’s Board Vice Chair and Head of its Operations Committee. Trained in preventive medicine and public health, he spent several years as a university professor, before taking on a career in international health and development. He has experience in managing research projects and in-field program development, both in the U.S. and in Central and South America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. For more than 25 years he directed worldwide research and development programs. Later he served four years as humanitarian service program manager in West Africa. Since retirement in 2007, he, with his wife, has devoted most of his time to his Church and non-profit agencies, aiding with international program development strategies and operations. This work has spanned 15 countries on 4 continents.