Caroline Barr, Executive Director
Caroline has been spending summers on Block Island since she was a kid and has worked at various shops and restaurants on the island throughout high school and college. After graduating college in 2011, Caroline moved out to California where she has spent the last 10 years living between San Diego and Block Island. After working for 8 years in the sporting events industry for Ironman Triathlon Company, Caroline started her own event operations company called Point 6 Productions in January of this year. Caroline decided to move back to Block Island full time this past May to work on her business as well as make and sell sea salt at the Block Island Farmers Market with her family’s salt company, Block Island Salt Works. Her love of Block Island is what drew her to this position, and she is very excited to start working with Block Island Conservancy.
Sam Cantone, Project Assistant
Sam has been visiting Block Island since she was a child. Her parents would take her and her siblings to the island every summer and she’s always loved it. Sam worked on the island throughout the summers but really fell in love with it in 2022 when her and her husband decided to move to the island full time and raise their daughter here. Sam loves teaching her daughter how to enjoy nature by going on long trail walks, clamming and spending time at Andy’s Way identifying sea creatures.
Sam graduated from Keene State College with a degree in Environmental Studies, where she gained a love and respect for the earth. Block Island has so much to offer and so much to give to its residents that she loves finding ways to give back. Working with the conservatory is one way to show appreciation to this amazing island.