As Market Executive for Bank of America’s Local Markets Organization for Upstate, SC, she leads community impact work through relationships with community partners, local marketing, sponsorships, media, and philanthropic giving while serving in a leadership role to connect and align Bank of America line of business leaders to deliver fully for clients, employees and community at the local level.

Over the course of her 25 years as a communications and change leader, she has worked in both management consulting firms with Fortune 500 clients as well as entrepreneurial environments.

Dedicated to the Upstate community, Sam co-founded Edible Upcountry magazine and M. Judson bookstore.

Originally from Missouri, Sam and her family have called the Upstate home since 1998. She has served on numerous local, statewide, and regional boards including Greenville Technical College advisory boards, LiveWell Greenville, Hub City Farmers Market, and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.

Dedicated to DEIB efforts, she is a Furman Riley Diversity Leader and was a founding organizer and the inaugural board chair of Emerge SC. She currently serves as a founder and the first ally board member of the newly formed Upstate LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce. She graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL with a BS in Communications and holds dual degree MBAs from the The University of Texas at Austin and ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico.