Sarah Spencer (She/Her)

Technology Solutions Lead

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela

Sarah Spencer is the Technology Solutions Lead for Cook Ross. Sarah manages the ongoing development and optimizes the utilization of Cook Ross technology platforms and related business processes, to ensure the effective, efficient deployment of our business operations across the entire client lifecycle. This role is responsible for incorporating our vision and mission into our technology strategy in commitment to technology serving as a powerful tool for ensuring workplace inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Hendrix College. She is also a Certified Salesforce Administrator. Sarah brings experience from her previous role managing program operations at a national women’s equity nonprofit. Sarah noted that what drew her to IDEA work is that our actions, not our words, are what define us. That is why Sarah is proud to have spent her career at organizations working towards a more just and equitable world. Sarah has made a life-long commitment to being actively anti-racist.

Sarah is the daughter of educators and someone who thrives on learning new things, solving problems, and streamlining process. She is passionate about leveraging technology to drive excellence, effectiveness, and efficiency. Sarah’s philosophy of work is to optimize technology, streamline process, and leverage data for social and economic progress.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela