Sarah Jones is an Emmy Award–winning geopolitical strategist and  emerging technologies advisor with over 15 years of experience operating across high-stakes international environments. Recognized as a Top 20 North American Young Leader by Friends of Europe (EYL40), she is a leading expert in social technology, information warfare, and AI, with a proven track record of advising C-suite executives, senior military planners, defense institutions, and government officials.

Driving Strategic Philanthropy & Global Affairs
Jones led public affairs and philanthropic initiatives for a multi-billion dollar investment house in New York City. She managed high-level stakeholder relations, and specialized projects for the Chair at Olayan America and successfully built and led the firm’s U.S. philanthropic infrastructure, establishing key operational models, governance policies, and impact assessment tools from inception. In collaboration with multiple departments and teams, Jones also built the infrastructure for the corporate volunteerism opportunities and was tasked with independently organizing and producing the first ever historical archives for the international corporate entity, encompassing nearly 80 years of historical records.

National Security & Geopolitical Consulting
Focused on the intersection of statecraft and digital ecosystems, Jones has advised and been invited to participate in track II models at security and defense focused organizations:
* U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM): Briefed over 120 military planners and regional allies on the tactical influence of social media in conflict zones; Delivered expert briefings for senior defense leaders on navigating social technologies in US allied nations. 

* Security Fellowship: FBI Citizen Academy; US Army War College National Security Seminar 

Global Journalism & International Reporting
Before entering strategic advisory, Jones spent fifteen years as an international broadcaster and editor. She has investigated critical global shifts for the BBC World Service, CNN International, and ITN Channel 4 News. Her passion has been geopolitics and underreported news and it has earned her multiple awards including: Best Journalist in Social Media at the 2014 Shorty Awards at the the Times Center in New York; the Women Economic Forum highest honor  The "Women of the Decade" in News and Social Engagement at the Hagues; one of the top one thousand most influential Twitter profiles by The Drum, IBM's Watson and Twitter; among the top forty female social media influencers for conversations surrounding artificial intelligence; an honorable mention from the Moscow International Foto Awards; two International Reporting Project (IRP) Fellowships and an International Women's Media Foundation Fellowship.

Education:

Jones received her Masters with merit in International Broadcast Journalism from City University in London, England, and her B.A. in Communications from Lake Forest College in Illinois. She speaks Arabic at an intermediate proficiency level. Jones also received a Certificate in Philanthropy for High Impact from the University of Pennsylvania Center for High Impact Philanthropy.

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Personal:

Jones has a passion for volunteerism and public service. At an early age she directed large scale public health efforts. 

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At 14 years of age, after two years of research, Sarah wrote a magazine about the most prevalent form of cancer among her age group at the time. Cancer Awareness Magazine (CAM for Kids) aimed to provide awareness and information about Leukemia for young people. It was reviewed by Cleveland Clinic Foundations (CCF) Pediatric Oncology Department for medical content. After Dr. Michael Levin, CCFs Head of Pediatric Oncology, reviewed the publication, it was published by the American Cancer Society. CAM for Kids was distributed to patients and their families by: American Cancer Society, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, John Hopkins University Hospital, and Mt. Sinai Hospital (New York).

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Since 2005, Sarah Jones has participated in, organized and hosted numerous successful global poverty and humanitarian campaigns and fundraisers. In 2007/2008 Sarah successfully urged the state of Illinois to sign a proclamation declaring it a state committed to combating global poverty. Jones was recognized as one of the top 100 global anti-poverty advocates (Washington D.C., Power 100, ONE Campaign, 2008). 

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In 2014, Jones launched the #Remembering Fallen Journalists campaign on World Press Freedom Day, a global initiative reaching over 9 million people alongside the Committee to Protect Journalists, Knight Foundation, 41 press clubs around the world, The United Nation's Plus Social Good and others. The initiative calls for a moment of silence to honor those who have died while bearing witness. 

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Jones' early extracurricular activities include membership of the United States Fencing Association Ohio and On Target Fencing team, where she qualified for the 2001 Junior Olympic Fencing Championship. She holds a red belt in Tae Kwon Do and has won silver medals in both sparing and form while competing in the Chun Ma Tae Kwon Do Academy Intramural Tournament. Jones has also competed in track, kickboxing and basketball.