Sarah Borron Email & Phone Number

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provide Food Integrity Campaign (FIC) with research and subject matter expertise on scientific and regulatory issues related to whistleblower legal clients, including food safety and agricultural consolidation.
• Represent FIC in three national coalitions while maintaining necessary confidentiality to protect clients.
• Create content for FIC blog, website, fund-raising emails, newsletters, and social media.

• Researched issue areas and crafted reports, blogs, fact sheets, talking points, action alerts, and more to support field campaigns, state and federal lobbying, and organizational lawsuit.
• Provided colleagues with one-on-one guidance to address specific needs, such as preparation for public testimony and media interviews and answering questions from elected officials.
• Represented organization in national coalitions addressing antibiotic overuse in agriculture.
• Completed Midwest Academy Organizing for Social Change Three-Day Training.
• Managed hiring for four research interns.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Hired and supervised 4.5 FTEs in Agency Relations and Program Department and 4 Research Interns.
• Recruited first 250 agency partners and established Agency Relations policies and procedures.
• Established Backpack for Kids Program serving 3,400 students at 144 schools.
• Established Summer Food Service Program providing breakfast and lunch to 6 community sites.
• Coordinated Three Square’s participation in the Feeding America National Hunger Study.
• Advocated for state and federal anti-hunger policies and presented testimony to Nevada State Legislature.

• Prepared white papers on food access for low-income people and health impacts of the Farm Bill, used to inform the 2007 Farm Bill debate.

• Authored paper on how organic farming methods can help farmers adapt to climate change.
• Created profiles of organic agricultural industries and national policies in Egypt, India, and China for FAO Organic Agriculture Information Management System.

• Coordinated Capitol Hill visits, endorsement campaigns, and legislative tracking activities leading to the successful passage of federal Farm to Cafeteria legislation in Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
• Managed outreach to members via action alerts, conference calls, website updates, and workshops.
• Strengthened Coalition’s relationships with national partner organizations.
• Supervised intern writing federal advocacy toolkit still in use and mentored two additional interns.

• Policy Site: Community Food Security Coalition in Washington, DC
• Supported advocacy activities in advance of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization, leading to the creation of a new permanent position so I could continue these efforts.
• Created food policy council section for online Community Food Security Clearinghouse.Field Site: FOOD for Lane County in Eugene, OR
• Wrote report on food policy councils that has become a national resource for many organizations.
• Researched best practices for food policy councils and food system assessments to inform early stages of council formation.

M.S., Agriculture, Food, And The Environment

B.A., Environmental Stuides And Religion