Vice President
sarah.wagner@campbellcompany.com
Sarah Wagner has 30 years of professional development experience. She has served as counsel in institutional advancement for many cultural, educational, environmental, human services and religious institutions on their capital, endowment and capacity building campaigns.
Before joining Campbell & Company, Sarah served in senior development positions at Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Museum of Science and Industry, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago City Ballet.
Sarah graduated from Amherst College in the first class of women. She is Chair of the Evanston Township High School Foundation, the Advisory Council of the YWCA and has served in leadership volunteer positions at Amherst College, the Evanston Community Foundation, The Music Institute of Chicago, her church and other nonprofit organizations. Sarah is a former director of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Chicago Chapter, and co-president of the founding group of Women in Development Professions. She is a frequent guest lecturer on issues in philanthropy.
Current or Recent Clients Served
Baker Demonstration School (Evanston, IL)
Chicago Academy for the Arts (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, IL)
Chicago Children’s Museum (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Classical Recording Foundation, The (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Chicago, IL)
Children’s Home + Aid (Chicago, IL)
City of Chicago, Department of Environment (Chicago, IL)
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund (Chicago, IL)
Episcopal Diocese of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Evanston Public Library (Evanston, IL)
Girl Scouts of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Greater Twin Cities United Way (Minneapolis, MN)
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (Park Forest, IL)
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society (Lake Forest, IL)
LEARN Charter School (Chicago, IL)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Milwaukee, IL)
Rare (Arlington, VA)
The Nature Conservancy (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
The Partnership for New Communities (Chicago, IL)
United Way Metro Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Walter Payton College Preparatory High School (Chicago, IL)
YWCA Evanston/North Shore (Evanston, IL)