Sara Straubel

Dr. Sara Straubel is a Senior Program Officer at The Ahmanson Foundation where she oversees a grantmaking portfolio of requests in arts and humanities, education, healthcare, and human services. She also represents the Foundation in all its strategic collaborations, including serving as a Managing Funder for the Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative, on the Steering Committee of LA Arts Recovery Fund, and as Secretary and Treasurer of the Executive and Investors’ Committee of the LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment.  Prior to The Ahmanson Foundation, Sara served as a Research Assistant at Project Zero, an educational research center at Harvard University.  Her professional experience also includes several years in the nonprofit sector, working in fundraising and communications. Sara holds a Doctorate in Policy, Planning, and Development from the University of Southern California, where her research explored the extent of implicit racial bias in philanthropy.  She holds a Master’s in Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s from Ithaca College.  In addition to her role at The Ahmanson Foundation, Sara is also an adjunct instructor at the Price School of Public Policy in the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at the University of Southern California.