Jim Moriarty

Jim Moriarty

CEO, Surfrider Foundation

Jim Moriarty is the CEO of Surfrider Foundation. He is an avid surfer, entrepreneur and innovator. Moriarty has more than 15 years management experience in corporate start-ups, specializing in e-learning, e-commerce, infrastructure software, and business-to-business ventures. He holds a B.S. in Information Systems from The Ohio State University, and has had speaking engagements in the US, Europe, Australia and Latin America. He lives with his wife and two children in Solana Beach, CA, where he is also active leading and mentoring high school students on surfing and home-building trips to the Baja Peninsula. He brings to the position a wealth of international, fundraising and team-building experience that translate to leading the Surfrider Foundation.

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Jim Moriarty discusses tailoring the Surfrider Foundation’s message to countries like Japan, Australia and Brazil.
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Start with getting rid of plastic water bottles, Moriarty says.
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In the past year, lots of businesses have started going green, Moriarty says.
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Businesses have finally caught on and realized the old ways of going things is unsustainable.
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Moriarty sees himself as the bottom of a giant grass-roots pyramid.
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Jim Moriarty talks about the influence geography has had on him.