About
Sarah Lightfoot, M.A., partners with leaders of business, government, and social enterprise to elevate organizational performance. She specializes in strategic planning, team development and training, and nonprofit board of director governance design.
Her design, facilitation and coaching approach combines participatory values with nonprofit expertise. She first trained in collaborative strategies and values as a community and tenant organizer in Washington State and California.
Her executive experience includes a five-year tenure as founding Development Director at KIPP Bay Area Schools. As Development Director with Reading Partners. There, she helped to design strategy and business systems as the organization scaled nationally (after a $7M Social Innovation Fund award), while coaching regional executive directors and board members to exceed fundraising goals. As Associate Director of Prospera, she co-led a process to create a new core program and brand.
Since 2016, Sarah has brought her organization development expertise to diverse clients, including: Richmond Main Street Initiative, San Francisco Zen Center, Prospera Cooperatives, National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network, Innovate Public Schools, STAND! For Families Free of Violence, Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County, Asylum Access, SF Department of Public Health, Community Well, The Big Lift, TransFaith.
Accreditations
Master of Arts: Organizational Development. Sonoma State University, CA
Bachelor of Arts: Sociology. Wesleyan University, CT
Certified Coach: Leadership That Works, San Francisco, CA
Courses of Study
Group Facilitation Skills
Organizational Diagnosis
Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration (led by the authors of Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making); Crucial Conversations; Equity Matters NW Facilitator Training; Holding Whiteness Responsibly course.
