Sarah Stanislav, MPH joined Clarkson Institute in 2024 as Program Manager, providing strategic operations leadership for the organization’s program and grantmaking activities. In this role she also fosters partnerships with grantees and other organizations to ensure Clarkson Institute’s resources authentically support their priorities and result in greater health and social impact. Importantly, she also helps build out and manage Clarkson Institute’s marquee program, Bridges to Mental Health.

Sarah comes to Clarkson Institute with meaningful experience in community health. Most recently, she served as a Manager on the Healthy Communities & Community Benefit team at CHI Health, where she supported initiatives locally and across the Midwest by partnering with hospitals and communities to address pressing health issues and led the creation of the triennial community health needs assessments for a number of hospitals. Prior to that experience, she served in research, operational, and marketing capacities for a variety of community-based organizations.

She is a graduate of the UNMC College of Public Health’s Great Plains Leadership Institute and remains active in the community through other volunteer and leadership roles.

Sarah earned a Master of Public Health from University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and a Bachelor of Science from Iowa State University.