Jin Zidell is Founder and Chairman of Blue Planet Network (BPN), a combination of people, process and technology, which seeks to provide safe drinking water to 200 million people in rural communities in developing nations. ย It allows donors (companies, philanthropies, individuals) to identify and manage the best possible projects at the lowest cost while encouraging a level of collaboration, information sharing and transparency that is uncommon in the NGO space. ย Jin has also been a successful principal in the steel forging and fabrication sector, real estate and technology. ย He has served on the board of numerous non-profits over the past 35 years and since 1979 has been affiliated with the Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji Zen Buddhist Monastery.