Sarah May Stern

Sarah May Stern is chair of the Hudson Institute Board of Trustees.

Ms. Stern is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. After working for several years at Newsweek, she moved to Commentary magazine. There, she served as business director until 2010, overseeing the magazine’s production, circulation, advertising, budget, and human-resources operations, taking a leading role in its 2007 reorganization as an independent nonprofit, and serving on the Commentary board as treasurer and secretary.

Ms. Stern is a trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a board member of Winning for Women, and a member of the Advisory Council of the Women’s Democracy Network. She is a former treasurer and current member of the board of the Main Idea, a residential summer camp in Maine for disadvantaged girls. Ms. Stern is also a board member of the Flourishing Future Foundation, which advances artificial intelligence control research as a means to ensure a safe and thriving future for humanity. She is a past president of the Edgemont Union Free School District in Scarsdale, New York.