Sara Gibson

20 Degrees

CEO

Sara Gibson Co-Founder and CEO 20 Degrees Sara is a strategic, collaborative and high-energy problem

solver skilled in securing the necessary resources, relationships and systems to create change. Sara pioneers

innovative approaches to resource cultivation and believes in making alternative revenue accessible to

audiences. Sara’s 20-year career spans service in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, having worked at the

Advisory Board Company (later Corporate Executive Board) and award-winning service organizations,

including Miriam’s Kitchen, AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation, Sitar Arts Center, and Samaritan

Ministry of Greater Washington, as well as L’Ecole Koenig in Paris. She has led several efforts within

organizations to bring new forms of revenue to organizations from Pay for Success to earned revenue. A

recognized innovator in the Opportunity Zone space as well, Sara is considered a thought leader on this tax

incentive and its equitable application at the community level. Sara’s work has been highlighted as a best

practice in the book Engaging Your Board in Fundraising: A Staff Guide and in the Washington Business

Journal. She is an EnVest Foundation 40 Under 40 honoree and a member of the Leadership Greater

Washington class of 2015. Sara has mentored numerous startup founders. Sara has served on numerous

community boards and currently co-chairs Sitar Arts Center’s Leadership Council. Sara hails from Indiana and

graduated from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She maintains deep roots in the Hoosier State,

where she learned to skip rocks on Lake Michigan and shoot free throws. An avid Francophile, home cook, and

Polka fan, Sara lives in the District of Columbia with her husband and daughter. For more information:

Tuesday, September 15, 2020