Sarah Banashek

United States Agency for International Development, Foreign Service Officer

Speaker Bio

Sarah Banashek is a Foreign Service Officer with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID.


Sarah has over twenty years of professional experience and has served in US Embassies across the globe in a variety of settings and disciplines. Throughout her career, she has led some of USAID's largest and most high-profile development programs in basic and higher education, democracy and governance, health, youth, and workforce development.


She is currently leading USAID/India's work on regional connectivity and digital development.