Prior to joining the Foundation, Sara served for eight years as the executive director of Maine Equal Justice Partners, a nonprofit civil legal aid and advocacy organization representing individuals with low income in the courts, before administrative agencies and in the legislature.
Sara’s previous work experience includes serving as Deputy Legal Counsel and as a Senior Policy and Legal Advisor for the Office of Health Policy and Finance in Governor Baldacci’s Administration; working as an associate at PretiFlaherty’s Augusta office where she focused on health care law; and serving as a law clerk for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. She earned her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law and her B.A. from Bowdoin College. She is a board member of the Maine Health Access Foundation.