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Sarah Hewitt

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Director of Strive Women, Women's Entrepreneurship at CARE
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Sarah Hewitt is the Director of Strive Women at CARE, focusing on womens entrepreneurship and economic justice. With over 15 years of experience in international development, she has held roles at Open Society Foundations and Fundación Capital. People who have worked with her describe her as bright and driven, with strong initiative. She holds an MBA from Northwesterns Kellogg School of Management.

Sarah is a passionate social justice advocate, identifying as a feminist and anti-racist. She is actively involved with the non-profit Nurturing Minds, which supports education for girls in Tanzania, and serves on their board. This aligns with her professional goal of amplifying the power of marginalized communities, particularly adolescent girls and young women.

An avid supporter of girls education, she is participating in a fundraising climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africas tallest mountain, to support a girls school in Tanzania.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Director of Strive Women, Women's Entrepreneurship
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Sarah shows up

Quality Focused
Fast But Analytical
Hard To Convince

They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there

Priorities

Topics Sarah cares about

Women's Entrepreneurship
As Director of Strive Women at CARE, her work is centered on supporting and empowering women entrepreneurs globally.
Economic Justice
A core theme throughout her 15-year career, focusing on systemic change for marginalized communities.
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Career

Work history

7-2023
Director of Strive Women, Women's Entrepreneurship
CARE
6-2018 - 11-2022
Associate Director, Equity, Global Programs
Open Society Foundations
9-2015 - 2-2018
Head of Operations - Tanzania
Fundación Capital
1-2014 - 6-2018
Consultant for Poverty, Gender and Youth Program
Population Council
10-2012 - 12-2013
Senior Program Associate, Gender Program
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
In the press

Media appearances

Business Fights Poverty: Director of Strive Women, Sarah Hewitt on the Transformative Power of Women‑Led Small Businesses. Featured in CARE – Media & Press
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Education
2010 - 2012
MBA
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
2012 - 2012
Exchange program
Indian School of Business
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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