Sarah E. Gordon

Ms. Sarah E.
Gordon is Vice President at Center For Financial Services Innovation (Ventures).
Prior to joining CFSI, Ms. Gordon was the Associate Director at Jane Addams Resource Corporation.
As part of the agency’s management team, she directed development activities and cultivated existing and potential donors.
She wrote grant proposals and secured funding from government, corporate, foundation, and individual sources.
Ms. Gordon also served as the Director for the Economic & Human Development Program and the Center for Working Families.
In this role, she managed the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs that help low income individuals improve their educational and employment outcomes and achieve financial stability.
She identified bank and credit union partners to support the programs and to provide affordable financial products for participants.
Ms. Gordon graduated Cum Laude from Northwestern University with a BA in Sociology and Urban Studies and a minor in African-American Studies.
She also completed two years of graduate study in Sociology at Northwestern University.