Sarah Glover

I believe the proverb that it “takes a village to raise a child.” We are all members of the village, and the children are our children. It is this belief that guides my decisions for more than 30 years to work in different capacities to improve the quality of social impact organizations, and public education in particular.  

At Greenway Strategy

I lead and support strategic planning engagements with social impact organizations, setting the foundation for them to grow, thrive, and succeed with the populations they serve. I enable those in non-profit community organizations, K-12 school districts, libraries, and higher education to find both joy and efficacy in their work – resulting in improved outcomes.  

Where I’ve created impact

  • Vice President of Client Success, Panorama Education — I led the Client Success team during a period when Panorama's client base and revenue grew over seven times, from $1.5 million to almost $15 million. The team I led achieved greater than a 90% renewal rate and net promoter scores in the 60s.  

  • Executive Director of the Strategic Data Project at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University — I was the founding Executive Director of SDP, a national effort to transform the use of data in education. During my tenure, SDP grew from six to 37 partnerships and from serving 20 to over 110 Fellows. SDP is still a thriving network today, with over 400 alumni. 

  • Glover Consulting Group — Before coming to Harvard, I founded and ran an education policy consulting business where I worked with superintendent and board leadership teams of some of the nation’s largest districts on governance, goal-setting, and planning. I also supported large education-focused foundations, including The Broad Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on implementing their core programs and identifying potential areas for investment. 

  • Director of Programs, Center for Reform of School Systems — With founder Don McAdams, I led the development of the Texas Institute for School Boards, a residential institute for newly elected school board members of the 45 largest school districts in Texas. I also supported the Broad Institute for School Boards, a national effort also focused on training and supporting newly elected or appointed school board members.

Experiences that inspire me

In late 2024, I completed a four-month, full-time role supporting Rising Academies in Monrovia, Liberia.  I served as an elected school board member in Bozeman, Montana, and on the parent council at my daughter's school in Arlington, Massachusetts. I also chaired the personnel committee at my church for three years. With a friend and mentor, I designed and delivered a teacher-training workshop to 25 teachers in Labe, Guinea (West Africa) to help them learn and adopt more interactive teaching methods. I speak conversational Spanish. 

Education

  • Associate Coach Certification, International Coach Federation 

  • Master’s in Public Affairs and MBA, University of Texas at Austin  

  • B.A. in Political Science, Tufts University.