Elvis Kichana is a Water Quality Management Specialist with over eight years of experience in water quality assessment, laboratory leadership, and WASH programming across Ghana and West Africa. He serves as the Manager of the Regional Water Quality Laboratory (RWQL) of World Vision West Africa, where he oversees laboratory operations, water quality monitoring, and quality assurance systems that support safe drinking water interventions across the region. Elvis led the successful accreditation of the RWQL to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, strengthening the laboratory’s technical competence and compliance with international standards for drinking water testing. He holds a Postgraduate Certificate in International WASH from the University of Nevada, Reno, and an MPhil in Biotechnology from the University for Development Studies. A trained microbiologist, he has supervised the analysis of over 3,000 drinking water samples and facilitated numerous technical training sessions for WASH officers, environmental health personnel, and community stakeholders. Elvis is also a published researcher with contributions to journals including the Journal of Water & Health and Springer Nature, and has presented his work at international forums such as the UNC Water and Health Conference.