As NPCA's Energy Director, Sara works to strengthen, defend, and enforce national parks protections from energy development threats, and also looks for opportunities to support responsible clean energy siting.

Prior to joining NPCA , Sara was a political appointee at the Department of the Interior, where she worked on various issues within the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and the other bureaus under the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management (ASLM).

Sara’s experience also includes federal energy, public lands, and conservation advocacy work at Earthjustice, the Western Organization of Resource Councils, and the National Wildlife Federation.

Originally from northeastern Pennsylvania, Sara earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and environmental studies from Gettysburg College, and a Master of Science in environmental policy from the University of Michigan, where she was also a Wyss Scholar for the Conservation of the American West. Between earning her degrees, Sara spent a year in Denmark on a Fulbright grant, studying collaborative natural resource management, and a year with AmeriCorps Cape Cod, completing hands-on environmental restoration and education projects. Sara lives in Washington, DC with her husband, Scott.

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