About

Sarah Baynes Shinn believes in empowering, supporting, and mobilizing people to create sustainable and equitable impact in our communities. Purpose-driven and data-informed, she works to align mission, governance, policy, procedures, and processes to consistently drive intended outcomes and support organizational culture. She brings a wealth of leadership experience from diverse sectors, including corporate philanthropy, non-profit, and higher education.

As a current senior strategic advisor for corporate and community-based foundations, Sarah provides leadership on all aspects of the organization from philosophical frameworks to implementation strategy for the philanthropic mission. Sarah has also served as the President and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Idaho, where she honed her skills in executive leadership, board governance, major gift fundraising, and mission delivery. Before her work in philanthropy, she dedicated more than 15 years to higher education administration in roles related to institutional strategy, program development, and stakeholder stewardship.

Sarah earned an M.S. degree in counseling from Eastern Michigan University and draws from counseling frameworks to align organizations more intentionally to value and support the human experience.

Experience

	Partner Kind Capital Jul 2023 - Present
	Senior Strategic Advisor LWCC Foundation Dec 2019 - Present · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
	President & CEO Make-A-Wish Idaho Feb 2016 - Jul 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Boise, Idaho

Education

	Eastern Michigan University Master Of Arts (M.A.), Counseling 2001 - 2003
	Eastern Michigan University BA, Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology, Interpersonal Communication 1997 - 2001 Activities and societies: Alpha Xi Delta

Licenses & Certifications

VC University VC University Issued Nov 2023