Career
Connecting people, ideas, and growth
The short version
How I work
I'm a connector who gets things done with warmth and rigor — the person people rely on when ambiguity needs someone to ask the question that unlocks insights. I started in newsrooms, learning to find the story inside the noise, then moved into finance at Fidelity, where that instinct became strategy, data, and enterprise decision-making.
Today, I sit at the intersection of both. I build the structure that moves ambiguous, high-stakes work forward, and I tell the story that gets leadership aligned.
Skills
The shape of the work
Program leadership
Building the operating structure that turns ambiguous, high-stakes work into something a team can actually run.
Story-driven analysis
Pulling the through-line out of messy data so decisions rest on a clear narrative, not just numbers.
Relationship building
Trust-first collaboration that gets teammates aligned and stakeholders leaning in.
Structural thinking
Designing the governance, cadence, and hand-offs a cross-functional program needs to move.
Accomplishments
A short list of greatest hits
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Product launchLaunched Fidelity's inaugural subscription trading program.
Led the analytics strategy end to end, from customer behavior insight to launch decision, and drove 200% user engagement growth in the first three months.
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Business impactBuilt a client attrition model that changed how the business intervened.
Scored risk across 750+ client relationships so sales teams could act before renewal conversations turned into RFPs, contributing to $33M in incremental market share.
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Executive leadershipServed as Associate Chief of Staff to an L2 executive.
Built the governance structures and operating rhythms that gave an ambiguous, cross-functional mandate a working system.
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Community buildingPioneered PBS's virtual local community model.
Onboarded volunteer leaders across 20+ markets and designed the peer programming that kept them engaged with each other, not just with headquarters.
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FounderFounded Friendship 101.
A presentation and workshop addressing adult friendship, built independently from concept through launch.
Testimonial
People who'd vouch
“Sarah is a true professional and joy to be around. She is strategy-minded, has a positive attitude, and exceptional work ethic. Her ability to see the through-line and connect quickly with teammates makes her an asset to any organization.”
Jen Griffiths · VP, Fidelity
The longer version
Find me on LinkedIn
For the chronological record and the endorsements.
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