Sarah Ingersoll

Sarah Ingersoll is a social entrepreneur who leverages media, technology, money, and partnerships for good. She is the granddaughter of Donald Watt, founder of The Experiment in International Living, and the daughter of Phyllis Watt Ingersoll, who was an active leader and trustee for decades.

Throughout her career, Ingersoll has been a leader of collaboratives with the White House, Fortune 500 companies, investors, foundations, artists, youth, and nonprofits, addressing issues from healthcare and juvenile justice to democracy and conservation. Her current role is director of strategic communications at Terra Praxis. Prior roles include co-founder of the Amazon Investor Coalition, focused on the rainforest, and strategic partnerships for ValuesAdvisor, a platform to connect high net worth investors to financial advisors with impact expertise. While at National Geographic, she managed initiatives for the new innovation lab and global partnerships team, including directing a partnership with Microsoft AI for Earth. Prior to that, Ingersoll was director of innovation strategy and marketing at MedStar Health. She also directed Text4baby, a partnership between Johnson & Johnson, the Wireless Association, and White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, which inspired 650,000 mothers to use the maternal health innovation.

Ingersoll holds a bachelor's in arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a master's of education from Harvard University. Ingersoll also participated in The Experiment in International Living in France as a teenager.