Our Team

Ocean Exchange Board Member Team

Irene Reynolds Schier

Geographer

Irene became engaged with the The Ocean Exchange™ through her longtime trusteeship with the Sapelo Foundation.

This Georgia based foundation has a long history and affinity for water-related issues. Through its environmental initiatives, the Foundation has been a pioneering funder of projects that preserves Georgia’s finite natural resources. Targeted philanthropic investments in water resources management and policy the foundation have addressed critical environmental issues impacting the Georgia Coast and our Oceanic resources.

Irene holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is a passionate diver and tries to head to the ocean as often as she can.

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Testimonials

“The delegates are a very strategically chosen body of individuals. Virtually everyone who attends Ocean Exchange has the capacity to open doors.”

“When you bring an eclectic mix of highly intelligent, passionate people together, that’s when lightning strikes.”

“Ocean Exchange is entirely different from any of the other organizations that I’m involved in. It is about sustainable innovation. I think it’s also very different in the extremely broad range of stakeholders that it involves.”