About Us

Sharlene Leurig is the founder and Managing Member of Fluid Advisors. She was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Texas Water Trade, a nonprofit that works to catalyze water transactions for people and nature. She served as Board Chair and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Vida Water, a public benefit corporation driven by the belief that all Texans deserve trusted water. Sharlene has been a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur and an MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative Fellow. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and English from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master’s degree in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.