Board of Trustees
Sarah Rosen Wartell
Sara Rosen Wartell joined the board in 2019. She serves on the Facilities Master Planning Committee and External Affairs Committee.
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Since 2012, Sarah Rosen Wartell has been president of the Urban Institute, an economic and social science research and policy organization whose 500+ researchers, experts, and other staff share a belief in the power of evidence to improve lives and strengthen communities. Under her leadership, Urban has brought more of its insights from research to federal, state, and local government and practice; has undertaken an ambitious program of business practices and technology modernization; has become a leader in communications, data visualization, and innovative use of research technology and data science for policy insight and impact; and has built a new 21st century learning and conference center in SW DC.
Previously, Sarah was founding COO and then an EVP of the Center for American Progress. In the Clinton Administration, she was deputy assistant to the president for economic policy and deputy director of the National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Earlier, she practiced law with the Washington, DC, firm of Arnold & Porter.
Sarah currently serves on the board of the Center for Law and Social Policy and on Bank of America’s National Community Advisory Council. Previously, she has served on the boards of the Low Income Investment Fund, Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University, and Prosperity Now! (then CFED).
Wartell has an AB degree with honors in urban affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She has a JD degree from Yale Law School.
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Georgetown Day School is a coed, preK-12, non-sectarian private school in Washington, DC with small class sizes and a diverse school community. Our comprehensive, innovative curriculum includes hands-on learning, honors and AP classes, as well as advanced-level math and STEM courses. An education is not just college prep and SAT scores. GDS teachers focus on providing the best education for each child, from elementary grades through high school. The school performing arts program includes theater, dance, and music. The athletics program offers competitive sports for student athletes, including cross-country, track, soccer, lacrosse, and crew/rowing. With our strong commitment to financial aid, an independent school tuition is affordable.