Toby Sheppard Bloch
GreenWave
New Haven, CT USA
"Everything’s impossible until it’s not."
Career Roadmap
Toby's work combines: Environment & Nature, Business, and Accomplishing Goals
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Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
History
Reed College
Certification
Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership
The City University of New York
Life & Career Milestones
I've taken a lot of twists and turns
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I started my career as an administrative assistant for Congressman Bernie Sanders.
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I then transitioned into corporate governance.
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After gaining some experience, I co-founded a corporate governance consulting firm, where I worked for 14 years while simultaneously running my own contracting company.
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I eventually decided that while I was living my best life, I could do more to contribute to humanity, so I pivoted to work in more social and community service-based spaces.
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I thought I was doing my part for the planet by recycling and composting, but when my daughter came home from camp crying about the state of the climate, I realized the little things weren’t enough.
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I started reading, researching, and learning about the people who were taking a systems-level approach to address the climate crisis, which led me into ocean farming.
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I now work as the director of infrastructure for GreenWave, an organization that trains and supports regenerative ocean farmers in order to yield meaningful economic and climate impacts.