Grace Cordsen - Program Director, Assistant Program Director

Grace Cordsen

Program Director, Assistant Program Director

Grace is an explorer and entrepreneur with experience in Polar expedition travel, as well as a research background in culture, cuisine, food sustainability, and tourism.

Grace is a passionate explorer and entrepreneur with extensive work experience in Arctic and Antarctic expedition travel, as well as a research background in culture, cuisine, food sustainability, tourism, and guiding. Since graduating from Princeton University, Grace has travelled extensively and worked on expedition vessels in both poles as both a staff member and researcher.

Grace’s past research, written work, and photography examine cuisines as a manifestation of cultural heritage. In 2020 she co-founded Starling Guides, a travel guide company that creates folding guides to destinations throughout the United States and on niche topics. In 2022, she participated in a research expedition to Arctic Norway as the on board journalist and expedition logistics specialist. From 2022 to 2023, Grace worked for Google as a digital marketing strategist for small businesses. While at Google, she also served as the director for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) events and initiatives throughout Google Sales Americas, which included being the host of the 2023 Americas-wide DE&I Google Sales Conference, known as Inspire.

Grace is currently a freelance content creator and writer for media groups such as Arctic Focus, Climate and Capital, and more. Grace is from New York and is defined by her adventurous spirit and contagious love of life, which permeates into all that she does.