Sara is the Assistant Provost for Planetary Solutions where she works to cultivate a campus-wide community of engaged problem solvers seeking solutions to the planetary crises we face. She received her Ph.D. in 2016 from the Yale School of the Environment (YSE), and also completed the joint master’s degree program between the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and YSE (2007). During her time at Yale, she has had the opportunity to work as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Research, and Sustainability at YSE, and in the University’s Office of Sustainability. Sara holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Political Science from Middlebury College (2004). She spent her childhood on the remnants of her family’s dairy farm in the small town of Winslow, Maine.