Sam Skaggs

Sam Skaggs came to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1975 to manage the musk ox farm for the University of Alaska after graduating from Hampshire College. He has built super insulated homes as a contractor, served as comptroller of a computer company, and became one of the States first registered investment advisors. In 1985 he moved to Juneau, started a company to build custom child carriers with John Ingalls and then built up his investment business starting in 1995. With partner, Amy Volz, they sold the investment business known as Verdant, LLC, in 2021 and Sam retired. Skaggs moved to Sitka in 2014 in part to be more  involved with SFAC. Three of his four children attended camp and most of them for the full 6 years. He became a SFAC Board member in 2011 when the campus transferred from the closed Sheldon Jackson College and served as  SFAC Board President until 2021. “ Working with all the many dedicated folks who love this camp, and the campus has been one of the best experiences of my life.”