Sarah Ha is the Founder and CEO of Jayu Consulting, LLC. She brings a wealth of experience as a senior executive and coach, with a proven track record of leading strategic transformations in racial and social justice, nonprofit, education, and social impact spaces over the last 20 years. Her expertise spans strategic partnerships, community engagement, organizational strategy, program design, leadership development, public affairs, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) capacity building. As a certified Professional Diversity Coach and trained Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator, Sarah integrates her rich narrative as the daughter of working-class immigrants with her interdisciplinary academic and professional journey to foster meaningful connections, community, and humanity in the workplace, creating the conditions for growth, healing, and transformation.

Before founding Jayu Consulting, Sarah served as the Vice President of National Community Alliances at Teach For America (TFA), where she led the organization’s external engagement strategy with national civil rights and mission aligned organizations and drove the organization’s DEIB strategies in partnership with the Office of Equity & Belonging. She managed a team of senior leaders developing the intersectional partnerships and cross-racial coalitions, advocacy, and resources for various community alliances, including Black, Native, Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI), Latinx, LGBTQ+, and immigrant communities.

Formerly, she was the Founding Head of the AAPI Community Alliances at TFA working to organize, mobilize, and catalyze the leadership of equity-oriented AAPI leaders to co-create a more just world alongside young people by transforming education to expand opportunity. As a result of her leadership, advocacy, and commitment, TFA won the prestigious Leadership Education Asian Pacifics (LEAP) Community Award in 2018 and recognization by the California delegation. 

Sarah’s previous roles include directing programs for the Gates Millennium Scholars Program and APIA Scholars (f/k/a the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund), where she supported over 16,000 scholarship recipients in their academic and leadership journeys. She served on the research team for the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE), which aimed to engage actionable discussions about the mobility and educational opportunities for AAPIs and how distinctions of race, ethnicity, language, and other factors play out in the day-to-day operations of America’s education system. Her career also spans significant roles in higher education, legal, and compliance fields. 

Sarah earned her Masters of Education degree in Student Affairs, Higher Education & Organizational Change from UCLA. She received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Faith, Peace & Justice from Boston College. She also completed a coaching certification program through Coach Diversity Institute, Pahara NextGen Fellowship, Aspen Institute Fellowship for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders, LEAP’s Emerging Leaders Program, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) National Leadership Academy, and TFA’s New Executive Director Fellowship. Residing on the unceded land of the Lenapehoking, a/k/a Queens, NY, with her family, she continues to serve on the Act To Change Advisory Council, the Boston College Alumni Association, and volunteer for community organizations dedicated to promoting equity, belonging, and justice.