Sarah Beardmore heads the Global Partnership for Education’s Strategic Partnerships and Capabilities team where she develops and leads multi-stakeholder initiatives to support education in the global south. Sarah designed and now oversees the $72 million Education Out Loud program for civil society advocacy and social accountability, leads GPE’s strategic capabilities initiatives, and supports GPE’s engagement in global policy dialogue on issues such as climate change, gender equality, financing, equity and inclusion.
Sarah has over 20 years of international experience in human rights advocacy, resource mobilization, policy research, program design, strategic communications, grant-making and partnership management. She has a Sociology degree from McGill University and an MSc in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics specializing in human rights, social movements and democracy. Sarah has worked for non-profit organizations including Results Educational Fund, Global Action for Children, Rights & Democracy, Women Thrive Worldwide and People & Planet. She also volunteers on the Governing Circle of 7th Generation Labs and is a trained herbal medicine practitioner.