Sarah King Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Facilitating education and engagement with decision-makers across the United States in an effort to support the transition to 100% clean energy.

San Francisco Bay Area

Growing and supporting the network of women in the electric vehicle industry!

California, United States

Founder of California's first fair trade business association. Connecting businesses across California to each other and providing resources to help them grow.

California, United States

It’s all about keeping our ocean clean! And a huge part of that is reusable cookware, vegetarian options, and good habits. I work with businesses to introduce these practices and provide support for the ones that already do. Join us in keeping our oceans clean!

I joined the Regional Leadership Team at Fair Trade Campaigns to grow the movement across the nation, support new fellows through advice and counseling on my experience as a fellow, and to collaborate with other fair trade leadership.

- Leading ESG and sustainability programs to assess environmental and societal impact.- Growing FreeWire's regulatory and legislative base through engagement, program development, tracking, and subject matter expertise.- Heading program management and project implementation for California Energy Commission grant awards.- Driving sales solutions through site suitability assessments using GIS.

Advancing EV Charging capabilities across the country! I provide a skillset in environmental and energy policy analysis, regulatory and legislative tracking, ESG program development, grant award applications, and public affairs to accelerate the growth of EV infrastructure and renewable energy.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designing quantitative and qualitative environmental research analyses to breakdown the fuel supply chain, and understand impact.• Developing corporate communications through blog posts, website build-out, social media and publication strategy. • Growing the grassroots and partnership base to increase legislative awareness and to build healthy relationships with those in need of contactless energy delivery.• Tracking legislative movement on related matters such as energy types, industry, and regulations.• Conducting memos and briefs in a short timespan to inform company members on the environmental impacts of energy types, policies, federal and state initiatives, and legislation.• Organizing large scale events to increase brand awareness, and advocacy.• Mapping

San Mateo, Ca

• Building quantitative and qualitative environmental research analysis for to breakdown the fuel supply chain and create a more sustainable alternative.• Sending out companywide internal newsletters at a regular cadence.• Site mapping

Chicago, Illinois

• Created, implemented and carried out a detailed auditing plan for retail businesses and organizations which advanced the Evanston Town Campaign towards designation• Identified areas of improvement to increase the scale of Fair Trade in Chicago by acting as liaison to towns, schools and universities which aided in Whitney Young High School (Michele Obama's Alma Mater) reaching Fair Trade designation• Supported team members in town, school and university campaigns working towards designation • Performed logistical planning and method creation for new volunteer and business coordination• Autonomously planned and worked on multiple campaigns simultaneously across Chicago

Depaul University

• Led the development of a new university policy for Fair Trade procurement of coffee, tea, cocoa, and sugar; corresponded with academic and departmental staff to gain insight on obstacles to Fair Trade growth on campus• Established and maintained relationships with campus dining by negotiating and formulating steps towards ethical procurement practices• Represented organization publicly during panel discussions and speaking opportunities at meetings for DePaul University and Fair Trade Campaigns• Conducted weekly meetings to coordinate upcoming events, brainstorm outreach ideas, and maintain retention

Illinois, Indiana, And Ohio

• Strategize and research fair trade mobility in Chicago to identify potential campaigns and increase demand for certification• Meet and coordinate with congregations, universities, schools, and towns to establish fair trade campaigns• Researched Fair Trade mobility in Chicago to identify potential campaigns and increase demand for certification• Invited to speak at the Fair Trade Campaigns National Conference on campaign organizing

Greater Chicago Area

• Organized constituent services by creating detailed information for infrastructure issues and coordinating services to resolve issues• Project design and completion for Alderman Smith’s meeting schedules, public opinion updates and community event planning• Conducted research identifying better practices for procurement policies with regard to environmental sustainability, consumption practices and safety for city council reference

Greater Chicago Area

• Wrote and received multiple grants to attain funding for the organization• Worked remotely and developed events while managing flexibility to accumulate new tasks

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Served as the primary assistant to the executives and founders. • Managed client intake, schedules, event details, and executive needs.• Constructed a cost and benefit analysis on competitors to develop a business expansion plan in three new markets.

Depaul University

Selected for college intern program to improve library systems by analyzing student behavior and use, data collection and analysis, student meetings, and proposing funding allocations.• Collaborated with team members and library staff on collecting and analyzing data through a year long study of phone calls, surveys and observations to increase library efficiency.• Executed year long projects with team members and presented findings to library directors on with recommendations for improvements.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Managed and structured public communications through social media and blog posts to grow brand recognition and customer awareness of products and mission. • Developed content calendar and copy for social media and website blog with a regular cadence by researching products and artisan stories to increase awareness of the company mission and fair trade practices.• Increased follower base and customer frequency as well as website traffic.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Supported AmeriCorps' Indianapolis office to create opportunities for residents in the area living in poverty.• Planned events and employee workshops by building expense report and itinerary. • Analyzed and input data from all employee program activities into a consolidated spreadsheet, including prices and logistics for company activities and employee expenses.

Greater Chicago Area

Dedicated regular hours of self-initiated research and legislative tracking to support BIG's advocacy and success against a proposed development that would have devastated a community on Chicago's Southside. • Researched legislative movements within Chicago and developed a case against a railroad development that would have created a food desert without Blacks In Green's intervention.• Provided notifications on missing funds from promised grant funding from the City of Chicago. • Conducted environmental research and analysis of community areas and the outside impact where the railroad would be constructed such as possible increase of food deserts, lack of walkability and poverty increase.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Quickly became familiar with the origin, story, and material components of 100+ store products and built an education around those items and the mission of Fair Trade, human rights, and sustainability that excited and engaged customers and individuals. My initiative led the managers to invest special sponsorships in me that paid for national Fair Trade conferences, meetings with producers, and a seat at board meetings.• Refined an intense knowledge on global human rights issues, supply chain demands, and environmental goal.• Extensive customer service on the store floor and at events.• Educated customers, and individuals outside of the store on Fair Trade, human rights, social and environmental justice.• Ran inventory with detailed counts through excel spreadsheets and communication with management.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Actively worked to create plans, partnerships, and programs that would improve the Eastside of Indianapolis without bringing in gentrification by maintaining a focus on the current residents' needs.• Worked with affiliate business members to address their concerns and needs to the local government.• Created and executed events with mayor’s office, police, and fire departments to increase awareness on safety, response to crime, and neighborhood businesses.• Designed amenities for a street plan to decrease crime, increase tourism, and beautify the community.• Organized daily tasks for staff, managed calls from community members, businesses, and government affiliates, maintained company schedules, and ordered office supplies.

Public Policy Major | Environmental Science & Geography Minor, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: DePaul Fair Trade Committee, McCormick Student Internship- Focus on sustainable transitions, design, energy.

Dual Enrollment, Writing, General

- Built critical writing skills for research, and professional communication, with an emphasis on human rights issues. - Polished editing.

Dual Enrollment, Spanish Language And Literature

- Formed basic conversational skills with a strong suit in reading comprehension - Acquired knowledge of culture, geographic variations.