Pete Malinowski

Executive Director & Co-Founder, Billion Oyster Project

Pete Malinowski is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Billion Oyster Project (BOP), a citizen science project coordinated by the New York Harbor School with the goal of restoring one billion live oysters to New York Harbor by 2035. BOP is restoring oyster reefs to New York harbor in collaboration with New York City communities. Having grown up on an oyster farm on Fishers Island, compassion for the environment is second nature to Pete. For most New Yorkers, early morning harbor boat rides would be the ultimate work perk, but Pete’s favorite thing about BOP is watching students at the New York Harbor School—BOP’s flagship school—become experts in their field.