Sara Mogulescu was appointed president of the Volcker Alliance in January 2022. She joined the Volcker Alliance in September 2018 as its inaugural executive vice president. Over more than two decades in the civic sector, she has built an exceptional track record of partnering with leaders across public agencies, national foundations, universities, and community organizations to drive meaningful change and public impact. 

A nationally recognized expert in program design, nonprofit management strategy, and public service education, Sara has significantly expanded the Alliance’s footprint. Under her leadership, the Alliance launched collaborative and influential initiatives, including the Next Generation Service Corps, Transformers in the Public Sector, Service to Service, the Constructive Dialogue Curriculum Initiative, and the Accountability and Reform Research Consortium (ARRC). 

Prior to the Volcker Alliance, Sara was a partner at Bennett Midland, a civic sector consulting firm, where she led national reform initiatives. She directed the design and roll-out of What Works Cities, a signature initiative of Bloomberg Philanthropies that equipped 100 American cities with the tools to harness data and evidence to engage citizens, make government more effective, and improve people’s lives. As a principal architect of the Safety and Justice Challenge, a $100 million investment by the MacArthur Foundation, she spurred local jail reform. Sara also designed and delivered Invest Health, a collaboration with the Reinvestment Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that helped 50 cities plan community development projects to improve health outcomes in distressed neighborhoods. Additionally, she supported New York City’s Raise the Age Implementation Task Force, guiding the city’s response to new legislation that raised the age of criminal accountability from 16 to 18.

Previously, Sara served as the founding director of the Center on Youth Justice at the Vera Institute of Justice, where she developed a varied portfolio of juvenile justice initiatives. She began her career as an associate at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer P.C., a New York law firm, representing clients in federal criminal matters.

She holds a B.A. in economics and government from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.