Former Avocado and Citrus Grower Lindsay Chambers is the founder & Executive Director of Together We Thrive. The mission of Together We Thrive is two-fold; 1) Provide fruits and vegetables to underserved communities through our free Thrive Farmers’ Markets 2) Provide clean water support to U.S. communities dealing with drinking water pollution and/or natural disasters.

Prior to Together We Thrive, Lindsay was a nationally recognized U.S. custom home developer and interior designer. She received awards and accolades, including being called one of “today’s most talented designers” by USA Today and was a finalist for HGTV’s Designer of the Year for 2023. Her design work has been featured in House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Luxe Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York Times.

Lindsay graduated with a B.A. from Wake Forest University and M.A. from Stanford University. She received Wake Forest’s Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2017 and served on their board of trustees.

Peter and Thrive founder, Lindsay Chambers, met in 2017 in the aftermath of the Thomas Fire disaster in Ojai, California. Peter was home for the holidays when the largest fire in the state’s history ignited a few miles upwind of his family’s home. After more than 1,000 structures burned to the ground, Peter and some neighbors got to work supporting stricken residents. Lindsay was a key ally in his effort, so years later, when Lindsay began her Thrive Canteen non-profit to support disaster relief efforts with clean water, she knew who to call.

Peter’s wide-ranging education, training, and experience prepared him well for his role as Thrive’s disaster response lead. He graduated with a BS from the US Coast Guard Academy and an MA in Climate and Society from Columbia University, where he focused his graduate research projects on enhancing the resilience of watersheds in the West. In his 12-year career as a Coast Guard officer, Peter specialized in high seas narcotics interdiction, piracy, and incident command, as well as a Department of Defense-certified Spanish translator.

Today, Peter is an award-winning journalist, high school teacher, and varsity girls soccer coach; a meditation instructor for veterans, and is First Aid and CPR-qualified. He holds a certificate in permaculture design, is a board member of the Keep the Sespe Wild Committee, and a strategic advisor to Tierra Sol Institute for Art + Climate Resiliency. Peter has endured several major disasters, is an ultra marathoner, a sourdough expert, and he recently saved a dog from the jaws of a mountain lion.