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Chase Davenport, Founder
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Chase Davenport is a dedicated teacher, scientist, builder, and and lover of San Francisco's Ocean Beach.
Chase began his career as a Teach for America Kindergarten teacher in Richmond, California. His passion for education led him to pursue a PhD in Human Development at UC Berkeley. Chase was also an Artificial Intelligence Researcher on the Sustainable Technologies team at Accenture and a wooden surfboard builder at Hess Surfboards.
Over time, Chase's personal and professional interests converged on beaches. His formal education in Coastal Science and Policy at UC Santa Cruz equips him with the knowledge to understand coastal systems and his experiences as a teacher and builder enable him to form connections between these systems. Chase started the Ocean Beach Institute to sustain beaches and the communities that depend on them.
Zack Cohen, Research and Outreach
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Zack Cohen spent his early years exploring the beaches of Northern California. After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2017 with a degree in Molecular Environmental Biology, Zack built a math and science tutoring business to help students better understand the natural world. Zack completed his Masters in Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, focusing on the impacts of El Niño winters on various communities throughout the Pacific Basin.
Zack has spent much of the last eight years traveling to Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Micronesia, Ireland, and Nicaragua. These travels give Zack diverse perspectives on how different communities engage with the ocean and inspired his commitment to protecting coastal communities. Zack joined the Ocean Beach Institute to protect critical coastal ecosystems and the communities that rely on them.
