Polaris
Sara Woldehanna, MA, MS, currently serves as the Managing Director of Data, Strategy, and Impact at Polaris, where leadership includes overseeing a comprehensive national study of trafficking survivors and the development of innovative program and policy frameworks. Previously, Sara held the position of Director at International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc., leading research design for social behavior change studies across multiple countries, and served as Program Evaluation Manager at the Association of Public Health Laboratories, where an impact evaluation framework was established. Early career experience includes roles as a Scientist at FHI 360, focusing on mixed methods studies for USAID, and as a Research Consultant at AED, where expertise in statistical analysis was applied across diverse health topics. Sara holds a Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology from the University of Maryland, a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Randolph College.
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Named after the North Star, an historical symbol of freedom, Polaris is leading a survivor-centered, justice- and equity-driven movement to end human trafficking. Since 2007, Polaris has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, connecting victims and survivors to support and services, and helping communities hold traffickers accountable. Through that work, Polaris has built the largest known dataset on human trafficking in North America. The data and expertise gained from two decades of working on trafficking situations in real time informs strategies that hold traffickers accountable, support survivors on their healing journeys and address the vulnerabilities that enable the business of stealing freedom for profit.