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Favorite food: Jjigae

Sara Hernandez Evans

Collaborator

Sara Hernandez Evans brings years of experience in fundraising and nonprofit management to her clients. Sara has been the Executive Director of organizations in the social services and arts/education sectors, and has had the privilege of working with organizations that advocate for children in the foster care system, refugees and immigrants, and homeless families with children.

Sarah has worked with: Gwinnett Place to Be, Mailchimp, Girls on the Run, Wholesome Wave Georgia, Midtown Alliance, and College AIM

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Art History

  • Master in Social Work

  • Certified mediator for the juvenile court system in Tennessee

Skills

  • Feasibility studies

  • Corporate sponsorships

  • Annual fund planning

  • Major giving

  • Board development, training, and engagement

  • Facilitating board meetings, retreats, or work sessions

  • Fundraising plans

  • Strategic plans

  • Succession planning

  • Project management

  • Cultural planning

  • Recruitment

  • Interim Leadership Direction

 

System skills: Foundation Directory, Squarespace, Salesforce, MailChimp

Memberships & Volunteer Service

  • Association of Fundraising Professionals Board Member

  • Kiwanis Foundation Board Member

  • Kiwanis, Corporate Volunteer Council

  • Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta (Brownie Troop Leader)

  • Former Board member of Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Art Papers, Eyedrum, WELOVEATL, and Forward Arts Foundation

Accolades

  • Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40 for 2021

  • Co-Chair of the LEAD Atlanta Class of 2019

  • Georgia State University 40 Under 40 (2018)

  • Outstanding Atlanta Class of 2017

  • LEAD Atlanta in 2016

  • Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Institute (2016)

  • Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (2014)

  • Georgia Trend Magazine 40 top leaders under age 40 (2014)

  • Georgia Center for Nonprofits top 30 nonprofit leaders under age 30 (2013)

Susannah has been featured in:

  • Atlanta Business Chronicle

  • The Atlantan

  • Atlanta Small Business Network

  • GPB

  • WABE

  • Georgia Trend

  • Georgia State University Alumni Magazine

  • UGA Profiles Magazine

  • Shoutout Atlanta

  • Americans for the Arts

  • Southern Spaces

  • Creative Loafing