Meet Our Partner & Head of Education, Sarah Baynes Shinn
Purpose-driven and data-informed strategic advisor focused on creating sustainable and equitable impact in our communities.
Sarah Baynes Shinn believes in empowering, supporting, and mobilizing people to create sustainable and equitable impact in our communities. Purpose-driven and data-informed, she works to align mission, governance, policy, procedures, and processes to consistently drive intended outcomes and support organizational culture. She brings a wealth of leadership experience from diverse sectors, including corporate philanthropy, non-profit, and higher education.
- Email address bekind@kindcap.com
- Phone number (954)-KIND-ONE
About Sarah
As a current senior strategic advisor for corporate and community-based foundations, Sarah provides leadership on all aspects of the organization—from philosophical frameworks to implementation strategy for the philanthropic mission. Sarah has also served as the President and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Idaho, where she honed her skills in executive leadership, board governance, major gift fundraising, and mission delivery. Before her work in philanthropy, she dedicated more than 15 years to higher education administration in roles related to institutional strategy, program development, and stakeholder stewardship.
Sarah earned an M.S. degree in counseling from Eastern Michigan University and draws from counseling frameworks to align organizations more intentionally to value and support the human experience.
- Philanthropy
- Nonprofit & NGO
- Executive Leadership
- Coaching
