B.A., Communication Studies, Minor, Journalism
University of Iowa

Sarah joined the staff of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in October 2007. She is a native of Bettendorf, Iowa. After graduation, Sarah went to work for Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival in Cedar Rapids as the Public Relations/Volunteer Coordinator and began her fundraising career coordinating the annual Friends of the Festival solicitation.

After spending two years at the Festival, Sarah returned to the Quad Cities to work for Braren Mulder German Associates, Inc., a fund-raising consulting firm founded in 1968. Here, she spent 5 1/2 years working with a variety of non-profit clients including churches, homeless shelters, museums and other cultural organizations conducting feasibility studies and consulting on their capital campaigns.

Sarah moved to Des Moines with her husband in March 2006, where she most recently served as the Executive Director at the Iowa Historical Foundation, a support organization of the State Historical Society of Iowa. She has been enrolled in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Masters of Communiction Leadership program since August 2006.