Sarina serves as PSI’s Associate Director providing strategic and programmatic support to its philanthropic initiatives, namely, the Aspen Philanthropy Group and the Community Foundations Business Model Project. She brings over 18 years of experience working at the intersection of global development, social impact, and philanthropy. Prior to PSI, Sarina served as the executive director of the Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation, a Silicon Valley-based operating foundation, which creates educational content to enhance charitable giving.
Sarina worked at Stanford University for nearly a decade serving as the associate director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law where she grew the reach and impact of a leading foreign policy research center. In 2019, she helped produce the Philanthropy Innovation Summit—a gathering of over 300 philanthropic leaders—hosted by Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.
Sarina started her social sector career at the Synergos Institute, a New York-based nonprofit organization committed to addressing issues of poverty and inequality worldwide. She serves on the board of directors of Annie Cannons, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving survivors of human trafficking. Sarina holds a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s degree from Boston University in International Relations and Economics.