Meet Sarah

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Sarah Zehr was elected Board Chair at our 2022 Annual Meeting. Sarah has been involved with United Way of Champaign County since 2010, when she was a member of the Emerging Community Leaders program. She has been involved with United Way as a grant reviewer and committee member and joined the Board in 2019.

Sarah is Assistant Vice President for Academic Policies and Initiatives for the University of Illinois System. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Education. Sarah earned a BS in Finance and a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as well as an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Outside of work, Sarah enjoys international travel, community service, and reading. We are grateful for Sarah and all our Board members for their volunteer leadership.

For a full list of our Board members, click here.