Vasser Seydel

Grants and Engagement Director Vasser Seydel graduated with cum laude honors from the University of Georgia, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. During her time in Athens, Vasser worked for UGA’S Office of Sustainability as the Grants and Engagement Director, represented the university as the UGA Student Sustainability Ambassador, and pursued an education outside the classroom as an intern at the United Nations Foundation and TEDWomen. After graduation, she began consulting with non-profit, business, and individual clients, specializing in communications, digital media, and strategic development, to enhance brands that create positive impacts on society. Vasser continues to promote and support her family’s legacy and commitment to environmental responsibility through her family’s foundation, the Turner Foundation, as a board member and the first Chairperson of the Turner 3rd Generation board. Additionally, she serves on the board of directors for the National Center of Family Philanthropy and Dr. Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue and is an Arctic Angel for Global Choices. Vasser has taken on the issue of Deep Seabed Mining as the Impact Director at The Oxygen Project and has the honor of representing the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as the IUCN Environmental Youth Ambassador. Through her love of the outdoors, Vasser remains hopeful for the future and stays grounded through activities such as skiing, surfing, skating, fly fishing and dancing.