Sam Straus

Sam is a Consultant with Triad Consulting Group who works with organizations across sectors seeking to improve communication, build more accountable relationships, and distribute power differently within their contexts. In his facilitation and coaching practice, Sam specializes in working with intact teams within mission-driven and education-focused organizations.

Sam is also a Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he teaches courses on negotiation and serves as a fellow with the Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School.

Previously, Sam helped lead a Boston-based organization that facilitates racial justice and gender-based violence prevention workshops with students, teachers, and administrators in schools, and served as a facilitator with a theatre-based program that engaged audiences in dialogue on the school-to-prison pipeline.

Sam earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.S. in Management Science from the University of California San Diego. On Saturday mornings, you can find Sam on a local basketball court where he has (still) not given up on developing a jump shot.