As Senior Director of Community Impact at the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, Sarah leverages over 12 years of experience leading the Healthy Community Partnership and representing U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown in Northeast Ohio. These experiences helped Sarah cultivate strong, diverse relationships and skills related to public policy and decision-making processes. Sarah shares her time overseeing the Partnership, a cross-sector collaborative and its work to create a healthier Mahoning Valley by addressing the region’s poor health outcomes, and supporting the Community Foundation’s strategic community leadership initiatives by making connections between people and resources needed to make lasting, positive change. Before coming to the Community Foundation, Sarah served as Northeast Ohio Regional Representative for U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown. She received a master’s degree in American Studies with certificates in TESOL and Professional & Technical Writing and bachelor’s in English literature and linguistics, both from Youngstown State University. She recently became an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist and often volunteers at Mill Creek MetroParks. She also proudly serves on the boards of the Raymond John Wean Foundation, Policy Matters Ohio, the League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown and Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens. She lives in Youngstown, Ohio and can often be found in the park biking, hiking, or birdwatching.