Sarah Di Troia

Sarah Di Troia joined New Profit as Director of Strategic Partnerships in March 2006. In addition to overseeing foundation and other strategic partnerships, Sarah works closely with several of New Profit’s portfolio organizations.

Prior to coming to New Profit, Sarah was Associate Director at the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), a nonprofit dedicated to assessing and improving the overall performance of philanthropic foundations. Sarah oversaw CEP’s internal operations and led the Foundation Governance Project, which identified key challenges and effective practices in foundation governance. Before joining CEP in April 2004, Sarah was a Principal at Axxon Capital, a $54 million venture fund focused on women- and minority-led companies. Sarah also spent several years working with start-up organizations in a variety of industries as Vice President of Ventures at the Cambridge Incubator and as a consultant with the Parthenon Group.

Sarah serves on the steering committee of the New Group at The Institute of Contemporary Art
in Boston.

Sarah graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in history with honors and went
on to earn a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1998.