Investment DirectorRippleWorks
Rippleworks is a private foundation that connects leading expertise from Silicon Valley and the larger US tech sector with high-growth social ventures around the world. Rippleworks also makes direct investments into social ventures through grants and PRIs (debt and equity). As Portfolio Manager, Sara is responsible for sourcing, executing, and monitoring investments into high-impact social ventures to grow our portfolio with our Head of Investments. Additionally, Sara is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with like-minded investors to drive pipeline and learnings.
Before joining the RippleWorks team, Sara was a full-time consultant with Integrity Ventures, where she advised social enterprises, impact investors, family foundations, and corporations on how to maximize impact and effectively deploy capital. Prior to Integrity Ventures, Sara ran Operations at Good Nature Agro, an early-stage social enterprise working with small-scale farmers in Zambia. Before she relocating to Southern Africa, Sara managed the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program at the Mulago Foundation, a two-year fellowship that teaches social entrepreneurs with great ideas how to design their work so that it can scale up to benefit millions.
Sara graduated from the University of San Diego (USD) with a BA in Political Science and minors in Psychology and Peace & Justice Studies (2011), and an MA in Economic Development (2012). She also serves on the USD Kroc School of Peace Studies Board of Advisors.