SHARI SANT, environmental philanthropist and ocean activist, is president and founder of Code Blue Charitable Foundation, secretary/trustee of the Summit Charitable Foundation, board member of Mission Blue, and board member of the Woods Whole Institute. She also serves on the National Council of WWF, the Board of Advisors for Prince Aga Khan's organization, Focused on Nature, and is an active member of The Explorers Club. A proponent of impact photography and filmmaking, Sant also serves on the Advisory board of National Geographic’s Impact Story Lab, and Board Emeritus of the International league of Conservation Photographers. She also produces impact films on climate and ocean issues, including the Emmy award-winning Netflix documentaries Mission Blue, and Chasing Coral, and Sundance premieres Deep Rising, Anote’s Ark, Battle for Laikipia and Gaucho Gaucho. A graduate of New York University, Sant worked as senior stylist and design director for Ralph Lauren in New York for nine years, then as visual director at Esprit. In 1994, in San Francisco, she founded the environmental lifestyle store Worldware. She sold the business in 2001, and now devotes herself full-time to environmental work, with a focus on producing impact media to inspire change. As an avid diver, photographer, and ocean activist, Sant travels extensively throughout the world, promoting ocean conservation and environmental awareness. She lives in upstate New York with her dog Sunny.
