Sam Teicher

A lifelong love for the ocean may not be the first thing that comes to mind when meeting someone born and raised in Washington, DC, but it was there that Sam got scuba certification when he was 13-years-old. After graduating from Yale College, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for the non-profit ELI Africa. There, he first experienced coral farming after launching a project in partnership with the Mauritius Oceanography Institute with funding from the United Nations. He previously interned for the White House Council on Environmental Quality's Climate Preparedness team, served as a fellow for the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA), and was recognized as one of twenty two ‘Climate Trailblazers’ by the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit. Sam is an optimistic DC sports fan, an easy-going rugby player, and a PADI Rescue-certified scuba diver.