Sam is an award winning arts engagement specialist and Founder and Director of Creative Arts Social Consulting Ltd. Sam is a passionate advocate of anti-racism and social justice in the arts and heritage sectors. Since 2012, she has worked to dismantle structural inequities to catalyse positive and sustainable change by developing audience engagement strategies, improving opportunities for marginalised people in the workforce and building inclusive business development plans to positively transform organisational cultures inside and out.
Sam has worked with a range of leading cultural and educational organisations in the UK and internationally, such as the British Council, the National Gallery of Singapore, the Wellcome Collection, the Black Cultural Archives, Inc Arts UK, Turner Contemporary, The Horniman Museum and Gardens, the Tate Modern, Culture&, Leeds University, Singapore International Photography Festival, Henley Business School, Singapore Writers Festival and World Press Photo.
Sam is a Director and Partnerships Lead of Museum Detox CIC, a network for people of colour working in museums and heritage. She is also the incoming Chair of the Board for Seeta Patel Dance, Bristol. Sam is frequently invited to share her expertise as a keynote speaker and thought leader on anti-racism, identity, belonging, black history and decolonisation in the sector.
Sam has a BA in Classical Studies, a post-graduate Diploma in Education and a first class MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from Goldsmiths University.