Sarah is Vice President, International Government Affairs for Intel, where she works with the Growth Acceleration Team to identify Intel’s global policy interdependencies, drive strategy, and enable seamless execution across the organization. Sarah wholeheartedly believes that implementing appropriate policy measures can bring unparalleled opportunities to create world-changing technology that improves the life of every person on the planet.

Before joining Intel, Sarah led the Global Women’s Health and ESG policy at Organon, a role that she sees as a continuation of the purpose-driven mission she undertook as Merck’s Associate Vice President, Public Policy for China, Japan, and the Emerging Markets. She has held key strategic roles supporting teams in their policy-shaping initiatives and defining and leading global above-country engagement in support of the entire ex-US market set.

Sarah is a former Deputy Under Secretary of the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. During her career, she led a team of more than 2,200 trade and investment professionals based in over 100 US cities and 75 countries with an annual budget of $485 million, promoting U.S. exports and foreign investment into the U.S. and protecting U.S. commercial interests abroad. She also served as a U.S. diplomat leading teams in Beijing, Hong Kong, Hanoi, and Bangkok.

Sarah is an independent board member of NTIC and CIPE. And a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on China.