Sarah Owen

Sarah Owen, president & CEO of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, leads a passionate and diverse team dedicated to driving regional change for the common good. The Foundation is committed to engaging the community in conversations and action that creates sustainable positive change and provides the funding to make those changes a reality. Her journey into the non-profit sector followed a career in investor relations, public relations and corporate communications. In concert with a visionary Board of Trustees, Sarah is guiding the Foundation in reimagining its role in the region. Under her leadership the Foundation has become laser-focused on regional issues affecting the quality of life in Southwest Florida, gathering hundreds of community leaders and stakeholders around these issues, and growing the Foundation’s assets to become one of the largest funding organizations in the region.