President
CurrentConsults on local, state and national public policy issues relating to affordable housing, public transportation, land use planning, renewable energy, forest service travel planning, and advise on advocacy strategies. Works with governments, the private sector and non-profit agencies.Sarah Michael brings extensive leadership experience to the public policy arena. As Chair of the Blaine County Housing Authority, she served as Interim Executive Director until a reorganization occurred. Appointed North Blaine County Rural Fire District Commissioner in December 2020. Elected to the Board of County Commissioners (2000-2008). she led the county’s initiative on creating a regional public transit system and county efforts to enact stronger land use protections for wildlife, water quality, agricultural lands, and to reduce urban sprawl. She is a proven leader in the non-profit arena, having founded Winter Wildlands Alliance, a national organization representing Nordic and backcountry skiers,, Founder and current Board Secretary of the Nordic and Backcountry Skiers Alliance of Idaho (1999-current), Founding Board member of the International Wildlife Coexistence Network, (2000-2022); President of Idaho’s Chapter of the International Women’s Form from 2017-2020. In 2015, Sarah Michael was named one of Idaho’s Women of the Year.
