Sara Anderson

In January 2020, Sara Anderson became the first executive director of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. She has more than 20 years of extensive experience in advocacy, international development and communications. Prior to the Alliance, Sara worked for ReSurge International and Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. At ReSurge, she founded the organization’s advocacy program, developed its burns advocacy, led its humanitarian efforts after the Nepal earthquakes and helped develop ReSurge’s strategy and program design. Sara also led ReSurge’s work in global surgery advocacy, policy, research and strategic alliances. Sara previously served as a founding board member with the G4 Alliance. Much of her career was based in Washington, DC, where she worked on Capitol Hill and for numerous campaigns and nonprofits lobbying the government for various causes. Sara received her master’s degree from Georgetown University and is an alumna of Stanford’s Designing for Social Systems program. She lives in Palo Alto, California.