Sarian Sankoh Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

- Co-manage ~$10 million annual budget, conducting research on potential partners, creating budget forecasts, and making strategically aligned grant and impact investing decisions.- Lead project and administrative management of several concurrent projects, developing and refining team approaches to create manageable and intuitive workflows.- Support learning and evaluation efforts by contributing to metrics development, creating learning presentations, reviewing grantee partner reports and data, and writing in-depth educational memos.Inform program strategy, contributions of which led to Surdna’s first reparations-focused grant, first grant to a Black Trans-focused and -led organization, and first Disability Justice-focused grant.- Facilitate relationship-building internally and with program portfolio of 45+ grantee partners, implementing strategic programming, events, and structures to strengthen partnerships.

New York, United States

Manhattan, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

- Supported the coordination of all programming in collaboration with the team, providing administrative support, designing and executing new programs, and serving as co-facilitator for LGBTQ+ retreats and allyship trainings.- Co-managed a cohort of 14 first-year LGBTQ+ students, developing program curriculum, organizing site and community service visits, and facilitating weekly meetings.- Supervised the work of two undergraduate interns and served as advisor for the QTPOC student club.

New York, Ny

- Curated the weekly radio shows “53+1” (centered on music made by African Women in the 80’s and90’s) and “Unapologetically So” (centered on rock music made by Black Women).- Designed graphics for weekly social media promotion.- Maintained and aided in the expansion of physical and digital music archive at the station.

New York, Ny

- Researched grantmakers in specific geographic markets and facilitated contact with over 60 grantmaking foundations.- Assisted in planning for multiple foundation events such as the Save The Music 20th anniversary galaand other fundraisers.- Securely handled sensitive information such as financial documents, passwords, and grantapplications.- Tracked donations and maintained financial archives using Salesforce.

Greater New York City Area

- Collaborated with festival Director to organize the annual Youth Music Festival, creating and executing project management plans (including booking space, developing communications, and managing composers and performers) to ensure a successful program.- Implemented new festival recruitment strategies that increased festival participation by 70%.

New York, Ny

- Designed activities based off camper interests and served as the main support for student-conceivedevents and clubs (ex. visual art club, talent show, and filmmaking contest).- Communicated daily reports to parents about student engagement, needs, and behavior.- Facilitated daily camper cohort meetings that aimed to foster community between different agegroups.

New York, Ny

- Co-Led mentor recruitment efforts across several New York University communities and programs,doubling the number of active mentors by the start of 2016.- Co-facilitated Mentor Community Building days.- Co-developed curriculum and taught weekly lessons for kindergarten music class.

Master Of Music, Music Technology

Bachelor Of Music, Music Theory And Composition