Subject: Update: AAI & Clean Water Foundation Joint Operations, Seattle Univ Partnership, & May Pang Event
I am writing to share several exciting updates regarding our recent humanitarian deployments, key technical partnerships, and a remarkable meeting that brought our shared history in the entertainment world full circle.
Venezuela Humanitarian Relief Flight
Through our partnership with Airline Ambassadors International (AAI), organized by AAI Founder and CEO Nancy Rivard, we successfully completed an emergency airlift mission to Venezuela. Alejandro Fernandez of Airline Ambassadors International and Mind Body Institute connected us up with Airline Ambassadors International representative Luis Urrea who put our custom made water units on a private charter, our joint teams delivered non-electric, high-capacity water purification hardware directly to frontline responders.
This deployment will provide clean, safe drinking water to over 2000 children and family members across underserved communities.
Seattle University AI “SmartWater” Partnership
To ensure long-term operational sustainability for our global hardware deployments, the Clean Water Foundation has officially closed an agreement with Seattle University’s engineering department. Under this partnership, SU capstone student teams will develop edge-computing telemetry modules and AI-driven predictive maintenance models for our solar and gravity-fed units.
This technology will monitor real-time water quality metrics and feed diagnostic data into a cloud digital twin dashboard to automate field maintenance alerts.
Reconnecting on Shared Entertainment Roots
During my recent meeting with artist and author May Pang in Kirkland, Washington—where she signed and inscribed an official Lost Weekend poster with “Peace and Love” for our upcoming Water for Children charity auction—we had a wonderful time reminiscing about our shared roots in the music and entertainment industries.
We reconnected over my former tenure as General Manager and Staff Advisor at the Paramount Theatre—where we booked monumental acts including Madonna’s first concert, The King and I, Cats, and major Broadway tours alongside legendary promoter Dan Beam—as well as our work booking Bob Marley and the Marley family. May shared insights from her time at Island Records working with Third World, which tied directly into our past work with Ulysses Lewis Paramount owner and CEO of Stormy Weather Entertainment presenting Third World.
It was a remarkable convergence of music history and shared colleagues, reinforcing how the power of entertainment and industry partnerships continues to drive our global humanitarian work.
Thank you for your ongoing support as we bring aviation logistics, academic technology, and creative partnerships together to deliver clean water worldwide.
Warm regards,
Léon McLaughlin
President & CEO, Clean Water Foundation
Co-Founder, LAM Water Solutions LLC
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