Sara Wolforth

Sara Wraight Wolforth leads work focused on housing, rural health, mental and behavioral health, health systems governance, and public health communications and knowledge translation.  She oversees over 20 projects supported by federal, state, and local government agencies as well as philanthropic organizations.

A seasoned human services policy and technical assistance expert, Ms. Wolforth has extensive experience leading and contributing to large technical assistance efforts focused on capacity building and systems change. She previously served as deputy director of the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, co-director of the State Support Network, and director of the Midwest Comprehensive Center. 

Wolforth contributed to several policy and practice-focused publications, including a book chapter on funding strategies for making schools safer and more supportive, and a policy brief series on how expanded learning can support the whole child. Wolforth’s extensive facilitation experience includes supporting state-level task forces on competency-based education, regional support systems, and educational accountability.

In her research, policy, and technical assistance work, Wolforth benefits from her experience as an educator, having taught in Chicago at the upper elementary and high school levels. Before entering the field of human services, she was a practicing attorney.