Sara Phister

Sara Phister is a Consultant at Avasant. Sara was previously the Vice President/Chief Information Officer at Columbia Sportswear from March 2010 to February 2017. Before that, they were the Chief Information Officer at North Pacific Group, Inc. from January 2006 to March 2010. Sara has also served on the Board of Directors for Quest International Users Group from January 2001 to December 2006. Prior to that, they were the Director of Information Technology at Schnitzer Steel Industries from March 1997 to December 2005.

Sara Phister attended Idaho Falls High School and then went on to study accounting at the University of Idaho, where they earned their BS in business.