Sarah Collins

Sarah Collins has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Most recently, they have been working at the National Forest Foundation as the Conservation Partnerships Director, a role they started in 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Eastern Conservation Partnerships Manager at the same organization from 2022 to 2023. Before joining the National Forest Foundation, Sarah worked at Anthology Writing & Communications as the President from 2018 to 2022. In this role, they successfully managed a firm that provided communications and consulting services to organizations across three continents. Sarah was responsible for delivering proposals worth over $100M in professional services, consulting on proposal and grant best practices, and offering strategic development and marketing campaign advice. Sarah also played a role in curriculum development, content management systems design, and authored various publications. Prior to that, Sarah served as the Director of Business Development at The Collage Companies from 2017 to 2018 and as a Proposal Specialist at VHB from 2016 to 2017.

Sarah Collins attended The University of Georgia from 1994 to 1998, majoring in English and Anthropology. Sarah obtained a Non-Profit Management Certification from the University of the Pacific in March 2023. In December 2020, they received a Leave No Trace - Take Action to Protect the Outdoors Certificate from the Leave No Trace Center For Outdoor Ethics. Additionally, they obtained a Certified Grant Proposal Writer certification from Fort Hays State University in March 2013 and a Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) certification from the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) in July 2015. It is also mentioned that Sarah has certifications in Map and Compass Skills from Backpacker Magazine, as well as OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety from the OSHA Safety Training Institute, although the specific dates of obtaining these certifications are not provided.