| Tanya Seaman | |
| Birth Date: | May 18, 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Menlo Park, California, US |
| Death Date: | March 17, 2022 |
| Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Education: | BS, UC Davis; Masters, UPenn |
| Employer: | PhillyCarShare |
Tanya Seaman was an American environmentalist and the co-founder and past executive director of PhillyCarShare. Seaman was born in Menlo Park, California to Lynn & Elisabeth Seaman.[1] Seaman died in March 2022 of metastatic breast cancer.[2]
On November 7, 2002, Seaman helped to launch PhillyCarShare a non-profit carsharing organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] PhillyCarShare has been one of the most successful, fastest-growing carsharing programs. It is seen as a national model in both the environmental and non-profit sectors. Seaman helped develop the innovative program with the City of Philadelphia to use PhillyCarShare cars as fleet cars for city workers.[4]
Her leadership made her one of the Philadelphia Business Journals "40 Under 40" to watch in the city of Philadelphia.[5]
Seaman held a degree in design from the University of California, Davis. After working in the field of architecture for several years, she left her home state of California to earn a Masters in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania.[6] Seaman attempted to live as sustainable a lifestyle as possible; she did not own a car and ate a plant-based diet.