Founder

Sandy Fogg is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist, photographer, and the founder of VEOMAR. Throughout her work across academic research, marine policy and management, and science communication, she recognized a critical barrier to impact. Visual data and imagery remain fragmented, inaccessible, and underutilized, limiting both research and the ability of audiences to connect with it. From university labs to state and federal agencies to environmental nonprofits, she witnessed how the absence of quality visual resources stalled projects, weakened narratives, and diminished opportunities for meaningful engagement with the science that shapes conservation outcomes.

Driven by this insight and fueled by her passion for photography and storytelling, she founded VEOMAR to transform how visual earth and ocean data are discovered, accessed, and applied. VEOMAR unifies visual data, imagery, assets, and services into a single accessible platform, bridging the gap between the people who capture our planet’s stories and those who need them to inspire understanding and action. Her work reflects a commitment to making science not just accessible but also beautiful, ensuring that the stories our planet needs told are supported by the visual resources that move people to care and to change.

Sandy holds a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara and dual undergraduate degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biology from the University of Rhode Island. Her interdisciplinary background spans marine pharmacognosy, ecotoxicology, marine ecology, fisheries, aquaculture, marine protected areas, biodiversity conservation, and coastal resilience, positioning her as both a scientist who understands the research and a storyteller who believes that compelling narratives across all disciplines deserve to be shared.