Our Crew

Undertaking the job of running a hatchery is not for the faint of heart. Lucky for us (and our farmers), Mike isn’t one to back down from a challenge.

Sam is our manager of research and development and started working at OSH in 2021. Her primary role is leading R&D projects and collaborations.

Mikey became interested in oyster aquaculture after learning about them as a sustainable protein, and their benefits to our local waterways.

Growing oysters is her thing, but eating them is not. Born and raised in the Blue Ridge mountains, Kasey has been our hatchery manager since 2016.

Joining OSH from fisheries, Alex has been serving up nutritious phytoplankton for our oysters since April, 2022 and is drawn to the fast environment at OSH.

Bek has had a love of oysters from eating them on Apalachicola Bay every summer growing up to learning about oysters during their Masters program.

Introducing a woman who loves everything “oyster”... meet Gretchen! Gretchen began working at OSH in 2020 as our seed and nursery technician.

The hatchery's only social science hire, Emily, brings a different perspective to OSH! Emily works on everything from admin, logistics to marketing.

Stan joined the OSH crew in 2021 as our coordinator of research and development. Interestingly enough, Stan claims he was never on a trajectory to be a scientist.