Sam Blakesley

Sam Blakesley, a master’s candidate pursuing international environmental policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, will graduate in May 2019 with a focus in ocean and coastal resources management. To complement his studies, Blakesley chaired the Santa Cruz chapter of Surfrider Foundation, where he played an instrumental role in monitoring, identifying, and managing solutions to water quality impairment at Cowell Beach.

Blakesley intends to build on his experience and enthusiasm for natural resource and coastal protection through his work with tidally-influenced land grantees as he identifies and implements strategies that safeguard and build resiliency to sea-level rise and other imminent climate challenges that California already is, and continues to face.