Sarah Guidi

As the Director of Community Engagement, Sarah provides strategic leadership for the Foundation to make a positive impact in the community. She fosters strong relationships with nonprofit, government, and corporate leaders to understand needs in the community and broker relationships to help address those needs.

Sarah returned to the Foundation in 2019 after serving as a Shannon St. John Fellow in 2012. Before (re)joining the Foundation, Sarah worked with the Resourceful Communities Program of The Conservation Fund and served as Managing Director of Greater Greater Washington, in Washington, DC.

She holds a master’s degree in social work from UNC-Chapel Hill, with a focus on policy and community systems, as well as a certificate in nonprofit management. She received her Bachelor of Arts from The College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, majoring in Spanish and Psychology.

She lives with her husband, Tim, and kids Theo and Linden, and dog Kevin in Trinity Park in Durham.