Sarah Mills
About Sarah Mills
Sarah Mills is a Senior Business Development Specialist at Catholic Relief Services, focusing on Bangladesh and Nepal. With extensive experience in humanitarian aid and business development, she has held various roles at organizations such as U.S. Fund for UNICEF and Save the Children across multiple countries.
Work at Catholic Relief Services
Sarah Mills serves as a Senior Business Development Specialist for Bangladesh and Nepal at Catholic Relief Services since 2020. In this role, she focuses on program development and donor communications. She has been involved in partner coordination and capacity-building initiatives within these regions. Prior to this position, she worked as a Senior Business Development Specialist in South Sudan from 2017 to 2020, where she contributed to various humanitarian efforts.
Previous Experience in Nonprofit Organizations
Sarah Mills has extensive experience in nonprofit organizations. She worked at U.S. Fund for UNICEF as Development Coordinator for Major & Leadership Gifts from 2011 to 2013 and as Corporate Partnerships Coordinator from 2013 to 2014. At Save the Children US, she held the position of Emergency Operations Specialist from 2015 to 2017 and served as Manager of Corporate Sponsorship Marketing from 2014 to 2015. Additionally, she worked at Save the Children International in various roles, including Proposals/Reports & Info/Comms Officer and Proposal Development and Reporting Coordinator.
Education and Expertise
Sarah Mills studied at Haverford College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from 2005 to 2009. She also studied at the University of Cape Town, focusing on African History during her study abroad from 2007 to 2008. Furthering her education, she attended Oxford Brookes University, completing the Humanitarian Operations Programme Module 1 in International Humanitarian Aid as part of the Save the Children consortium.
Emergency Response and Humanitarian Work
In her career, Sarah Mills has provided support to emergency response activities in humanitarian emergencies. Her role at Save the Children US as Emergency Operations Specialist involved coordinating responses to crises. She continues to leverage her expertise in emergency response in her current position at Catholic Relief Services, ensuring effective program development and implementation in Bangladesh and Nepal.
Early Career and Additional Roles
Before her extensive work in major nonprofit organizations, Sarah Mills held positions such as Farmers Market Manager at The Food Trust in 2010 and participated in the Food Systems Program & Fundraising Fellowship at Fair Food from 2009 to 2010. These early roles contributed to her understanding of community engagement and program management in the nonprofit sector.