Sam Schiller is the Co-Founder and CEO of Carbon Yield, where he has utilized his deep experience in carbon programs and agricultural communities to better align farm profitability with climate smart management practices. His entrepreneurial work in environmental markets has generated over 2 million tons of carbon credits and earned him the Kellogg Zell Fellowship, first prize at the 2019 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge, and recognition in Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas series.             

Carbon Yield is a technology enabled consulting firm advancing regenerative agriculture. At Carbon Yield, Sam has built programs that have been awarded more than $15 million in conservation grants supporting soil health and livestock emissions reductions. Sam’s experience navigating climate finance and convening global research teams has positioned him as an agricultural sustainability subject matter expert, serving USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist, Dairy Management Inc (the Dairy trade association), and leading co-ops and brands throughout the agricultural supply chain. Carbon Yield also serves as the Agricultural Lead of Climate Trace, an emissions tracking coalition started by former Vice President Al Gore, where Sam has released quantification tools into the public domain that improve the credibility and impact of greenhouse gas programs and ultimately incentivize more regenerative food production systems.

Prior to Carbon Yield, Sam helped launch and scale two related environmental startups - Wabashco and Tradewater - which focus on carbon offset development through the destruction of CFC refrigerants and methane emitting from abandoned coal mines. These projects were among the first credited under California’s compliance emissions reduction initiative. Sam also served for over a decade in board leadership, including as Board Chair of the Delta Institute, a nonprofit with expertise in environmental markets, regenerative agriculture, and conservation finance. Sam graduated with a degree in social policy and environmental policy from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.