Sam Everingham

Sam Everingham is a globally recognised expert in surrogacy guidance for intended parents (IPs) and the founder of Growing Families, an independent, non-commercial service supporting intended parents through every stage of the surrogacy journey. With over 12 years of dedicated experience, Sam has personally guided more than 4,000 families across 45 countries, offering compassionate, ethical, evidence-based advice on international surrogacy pathways in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Georgia and beyond. A dad via surrogacy himself, Sam brings both lived experience and deep global expertise — and was named Surrogacy Person of the Year at the 2025 Australian Surrogacy and Donor Awards. He is a regular expert contributor to leading media including Al Jazeera, The Economist, ABC, MIT Technology Review, Sky News, TODAY, TRT World and CGTN America.