Sarah Granger is an award-winning communications, technology and new media expert and writer, editor, blogger, as well as a public speaker. After beginning her career an IT consultant, Sarah played a lead role in three Internet start-ups and began advising organizations on technology and online communications strategy. She directed the launch of what Wired News called the "first true weblog to be put up by a politician" while directing Internet strategy and operations for a national presidential exploratory organization in 2003, where she organized and trained hundreds of volunteers online. She continues to work with organizations on technology and new media under the umbrella of PublicEdge (previously called FutureCampaigns).
Sarah has written numerous articles, she has edited three books and several columns, she is an active blogger. Her articles on social engineering are required reading in computer security courses at universities and in IT organizations around the country and she's known as an excellent live blogger. Her publishing credits include Security Focus, The Huffington Post, BlogHer, techPresident, MOMocrats, Digital Landing, The Political Voices of Women, Bay Area Parent, ecofabulous, The Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and The Sacramento Bee. She was a credentialed blogger at the Democratic National Convention in 2008 and she was given a New Media Award by the California Democratic Party in 2009.
Speaking regularly at conferences and workshops, Sarah has been a panelist, moderator and facilitator. For her work as an online organizer, she was featured on the White House Project's voterunlead.org site and at Change.org, and she was recently on "Good Morning America" and the "Digital Politics" radio show. As an expert on a variety of topics, Sarah has been quoted and mentioned online, on TV, radio and in print, including ABC News, the Washington Post, The Mercury News, Mtv Japan, Entrepreneur magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Kos, PBS.org, CBS News and The New York Times.
With over twenty years of experience in IT and online communications, Sarah advises a wide range of organizations on using the Internet and new media in marketing, messaging and campaigns, including start-ups and small businesses like SpotNet, Kidspot.com.au, and the Weather Underground, as well as nonprofits like WomenCount, the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Emerge America, and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. She has built new media strategies, blogs, and content management processes, and she has managed numerous web development projects and IT security.
Born and raised in the midwest, Sarah earned an interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan after designing a major called "Technology & Society" and studying creative writing. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995 and currently lives in Menlo Park.
