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Sarah Haley Knowles, Ph.D.
Advisory Senior Manager | Deloitte & Touche LLP
Sarah is a Senior Manager in the Risk and Financial Advisory practice with more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has extensive experience in public policy, legal & regulatory compliance, and environmental & social risk management with an expertise in integrating ESG considerations into risk and control frameworks through the strategic design and implementation of ESG policies and programs.
Sarah has a passion for helping clients evolve traditional shareholder-primary business models to multi-stakeholder models by assigning value to sustainable, equitable, & inclusive economic activities. She has an MBA from Drake University and a PhD in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina with a research focus on the relationship between climate change, increased costs of food, housing, and healthcare, and the prosperity of families, communities, and economies. She holds FSA, GRI, SEP, SCR & ESRA credentials.