Sara Guderyahn brings both international and domestic organizing and advocacy experience to The Sheridan Group. As part of the ContactTrust in Cape Town, Sara helped bridge the divide between South African parliamentarians and newly formed NGOs, building advocacy capacity for the organization’s portfolio. Domestically, Sara lobbied for women and children's issues at American Association of University Women and worked for Senator Richard Durbin while focusing on education and health care legislation.

Since joining The Sheridan Group in 2006, Sara helped to form and launch the Action Group to End Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. As manager of The Action Group, Sara developed and implemented a government relations strategy to ensure that the coalition’s legislative priorities are achieved. As a testament to the effectiveness of the coalition, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act was signed by the President in December 2008 with 21 of the 22 Action Group policy proposals. The Action Group’s development and policy success reflected a highly motivated and cohesive coalition of very diverse organizations.

Today, Sara works on a range of domestic and international policy clients including New Schools Venture Fund, Benetech, and the One Campaign.

Sara has her undergraduate degree in government and public communications and holds a Masters in Applied Political Science from American University.

Email: sguderyahn@sheridangroupdc.com

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