Sarah Wright

Sarah brings a decade of managerial experience in administrative and operational development to Namahana Education Foundation. Previously, she served as Operations Manager at Common Ground in Kīlauea. Most recently, as program director, she led Common Ground Incubator – a business development program for early-stage food entrepreneurs on Kauaʻi. Prior to Common Ground, Sarah worked for Wai Koa Plantation and the Porter Trust as its executive assistant and operations manager.

After graduating with Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Studies and French from Dickinson College, Sarah co-founded a nonprofit project in Cameroon to propagate microfinance opportunities and lessons in organic agriculture and women’s empowerment. She moved to Kīlauea in 2013 to support a new school initiative as an administrator, quickly establishing her understanding of the day-to-day operations of an early-stage educational organization.

Sarah currently holds board positions as a director and the Planning Committee Chair on the Kīlauea Neighborhood Association board, Secretary on the CG Foundation and Treasurer of the Hanalei Hawaiian Civic Club. She is a Leadership Kaua‘i alumnae and a proud member of Hālau Hula o Keʻalalauaʻeomakana.