Sarah Hooker Bentley is a director in Solutions Design & Delivery at JFF. She works to improve systems alignment and close equity gaps for populations facing structural barriers in our education and workforce systems. She leads technical assistance teams facilitating inclusive planning processes and systems change at the regional and state levels.

 Bentley’s skills and areas of expertise include:

• Population-specific strategies
• Immigrants and English learners
• Inclusive regional economic development
• Facilitation and collaborative design
• Dual enrollment and early college high school

Before joining JFF, she was associate director of policy and language access for San Francisco’s Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs.

Educational background:

• Bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies, Pomona College, Claremont, California
• Master’s degree in social service administration, University of Chicago