Passion Posse

Deputy Bio: Sarah McNeilly

“I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost.

Mission Statement

Enable through communication.

Biography

A lifelong explorer, Sarah, has wound her way through several continents and many countries discovering her professional and personnel passions! Professionally this has included working as a teacher in rural Japan, dealing in international finance in New York City, building the Paris office of a pan-European venture fund, strategizing for clients in Seattle and Los Angeles and donning the corporate cloak as a member of an executive management team for a multi-national software business as the communication and strategy director.

On the personal front, Sarah has thrived in learning about new cultures and meeting fascinating characters in usual and unusual places - all the while carving out a career path that suits her. Interwoven, throughout these professional and personnel tales are a passion for understanding, for communicating and for enabling. Sarah has used coaching techniques through out her career and instinctively supports others to find 'their' path and the courage to get there. Sarah is equipped with a BA from the University of Delaware and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and their toddler.