Sarah, who is Director of Health and Community Services for Hertfordshire County Council, has previously served as ADASS Vice President, Honorary Secretary and national lead for carers.

Sarah is currently co- chair of one of the Champion Groups taking forward work on the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. She graduated from Sussex University with a degree in Economics and concentrated on finance and resource issues in the early stages of her career before taking up her current directorship.

A member of Cipfa she also spent some time as chair of the ADASS Resources Committee and recently chaired the Association's Resource Workstream.