Angela Smith – Founder of Shark Team One, is a passionate conservationist, photographer, explorer, filmmaker and ocean advocate.

In response to the rapid decline of shark species around the world Angela created Shark Team One, a conservation expedition organization. Shark Team One plays an important role protecting sharks, worldwide endangered species and ocean ecosystems with conservation projects, outreach initiatives and citizen science expeditions to global locations where endangered species can still be found.

Angela has worked on Academy Award winning films and was a film and video producer at Propaganda Films in Los Angeles working with directors such as David Fincher, Dominic Sena and Zack Snyder. She has created Peabody Award winning broadcast projects and was listed as "AV Video Multimedia Magazine’s Top 100 Producers" for her work producing, America: A Tribute to Heroes. More recently she has directed and produced award-winning documentary films such as Whales of Change and Tiger Sharks Fight for Survival.

Additional conservation awards include Blue Ambassador of the Year for “Significant contributions in South Florida marine conservation” and the Community Leader - Ocean Environment award from National Week of the Ocean. She is also a PERC “Enviropreneur” Fellow, having been invited to attend the “Enviropreneur” Institute, an environmental entrepreneur think tank in Bozeman, Montana.

Angela is Vice-Chair of NGOs for Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI), a National Action Plan by United States Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) and is a Working Group Member Representing Non-Governmental Organizations for Florida DEP’s program “Our Florida Reefs,” a community planning process for conservation of Southeast Florida’s coral reef tract.

As an underwater photographer her work appears in gallery exhibits, publications and is used by conservation groups worldwide to highlight the need for ocean action. She was inducted into the Ocean Artists Society (OAS) in 2015 for conservation photography and journalism, is a Cressi Ambassador and recently was inducted into the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Angela is a recipient of research support from the S.E.E. (Science, Exploration, Education) Initiative, supported by sponsors such as National Geographic, Sofar Ocean Technologies, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Rolex and Avatar Alliance Foundation. She has also been honored to lead Shark Team One to be a Disney Conservation Fund grantee and has been recognized as a global leader with an Indianapolis Prize nomination for endangered wildlife conservation.