Sarah Geary Gustafson

Sarah Geary Gustafson grew up in Vancouver, WA and graduated high school from Oregon Episcopal School in 1982.  She received a BA in Political Science from Brown University in 1986 and a JD from the University of Puget Sound, School of Law in 1989.  She practiced law in Seattle, WA, Yakima, WA, and Portland, OR over a ten-year period before re-training at Portland State University to become a school teacher.  Sarah’s career as a school teacher was primarily devoted to at-risk teens in alternative placement settings.  She was the Academic Director of Elk Mountain Academy in Heron, MT.

Currently, Sarah is executive assistant to Richard and Janet Geary where she manages the work of her family Foundation, the Richard and Janet Geary Foundation.  She has two children, Gordon and Conrad, and a husband, James M. Gustafson, whom she met at Oregon Episcopal School in 1976.  She enjoys travel and scuba whenever she can.

Sarah joined the Board in 2011.