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Sara Baxter Hutcherson

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Chief Financial Officer at Gracenote, Nielsen Company
📍 United States

Sara Baxter Hutcherson is the Chief Financial Officer of Gracenote, a Nielsen company, where she leads financial strategy for the entertainment data business. A CPA and UC San Diego alumna, she has a history of driving growth and transformation at major technology and telecom companies like SubCom, Anaplan, and Verizon.

Sara is a passionate advocate for womens leadership, reflected in her roles as a Founding Member of Chief and a board member for Break Through Tech, which helps undergraduates find tech opportunities. She was also instrumental in creating a womens development program in finance at Verizon.

Uniquely for a financial executive, Sara holds a patent in wireless technology related to recognizing unusual data consumption patterns.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Chief Financial Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Strategic Growth
Her career is defined by steering large-scale organizational transformations and driving growth and profitability at companies like Gracenote, SubCom, and Verizon.
Women in Leadership
She is a Founding Member of Chief and board member for Break Through Tech, and previously designed a development series for women in finance at Verizon.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
Chief Financial Officer
Gracenote, Nielsen Company
8-2023 - 3-2026
Chief Financial Officer
SubCom
1-2020 - 11-2022
Senior Vice President Strategic Growth & Global CFO|CXO Advisory Practice Lead
Anaplan
1-2020 - 9-2021
SVP & Global Head, CFO Practice
Anaplan
7-2019
Founding Member
Chief
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Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
UC San Diego
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
National University
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