Sarah Gass Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

Consultant and advisor for growing startups, supporting their people and organizational culture needs, and developing a human-first approach.

I cultivated, designed, facilitated, and managed key entrepreneurial, organizational, and field-building programs regionally and nationally, taking best practices from the business world, Silicon Valley, and nonprofit management. • I implemented programs for social entrepreneurs dreaming up new ideas, as well as taught and coached startup and post-startup social entrepreneurs on scaling their organizations sustainably. • I facilitated learning experiences for trailblazing organizational leaders making change from within established social impact institutions, enabling more institutions and their leaders to launch initiatives and adapt to better meet their constituents’ needs while building their skills and confidence as internal change agents. • I also played an essential role in key national and field-building initiatives, including teaching at conferences.

Greater New York City Area

As Director of Accelerators, I advised five social entrepreneurship accelerators across the U.S. on strategy and implementation including curriculum development, community management, and marketing strategy.• Trained, Managed, and convened coordinators and content instructors from around the country. • Crafted resources and curricular materials for coordinators to run program from start to finish. • Developed leads and managed relationships with organizational partners, clients, and funders.• Designed and facilitated workshops and professional development opportunities for audiences of up to 200 participants across North America. Workshops included Design Thinking, Visioning, Environmental Scanning, Prototyping, Win-Win Partnerships, Business Model Canvas, Adaptive Leadership, Pitching, Networking, and collaborative problem solving, to name a few.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Managed all aspects of the NYC Accelerator from strategy to execution, including coordinating admissions, seminars, gatherings, topical speakers, and the culminating event- Fellow Showcase.• Empowered, coached, and supported social entrepreneurs in areas of business development and nonprofit management through design thinking lens.• Recruited, managed, and communicated regularly with a local volunteer base of 40+ in various roles including coaches, mentors, Steering Committee members, and topical speakers. Quadrupled pool of subject matter experts.