Sarah Hoit

CEO and Co-Founder

 

Sarah Hoit is a career social entrepreneur focused on companies that impact larger social issues. She co-founded Connected Living in 2007 to bring digital inclusion to the 60 million underserved Americans who do not have easy access to digital technology.

 

Sarah was previously Founder, Chairman and CEO of Explore, Inc., a program developed in response to the growing need for quality after-school and summer programs. Through partnerships with school districts and community members, Explore operated programs that met the academic and social needs of every student through the integration of experiential learning, homework and skill lessons, physical education, and community services, and served over 75 schools in nine states. Sarah sold the company in April 2001.

 

Prior to founding Explore, Sarah played a major role in the development and implementation of President Clinton's AmeriCorps, the Corporation for National & Community Service. Serving as the Director of Business Planning in the White House Office of National Service, she organized and drafted the business plan for this $600 million organization based on private-sector models, resulting in a highly successful first year for the program in which more than 20,000 Americans devoted a full year to community service projects nationwide. As AmeriCorps' Deputy Director, Sarah managed the start-up and program operation for this new national division with residential service campuses. For her accomplishments, she was honored with The Timberland Corporation's Annual Award for National Service Leadership.

 

Sarah was a Managing Director and Partner at Thomas Partners Investment Management, a Managing Director with Sylvan Learning Systems, a national supplemental education company, and a Management Consultant to senior management in multiple industries in corporate strategy, marketing, and communications.

 

Sarah holds a BA with Honors from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS), where she was awarded a public service fellowship. She teaches a class each year at HBS and Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business on social entrepreneurism.