Sarah Sieloff is client leader at Haley and Aldrich, a national engineering and environmental consulting firm, where she works with public, private and nonprofit sector clients to support land reuse, infrastucture development, and climate resilience.  Prior to entering consulting, Sarah was a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi Fellow, and spent most of 2020 and part of 2021 in Japan, where she researched how Japanese municipalities are planning for population aging and decline.  She built on this research as part of the Pacific Council's 2022 inaugural class of Amplify Fellows, and continues to actively write and speak on issues of demographic transition, subnational diplomacy, and the implications of both for the international system.  

Sarah's career also includes five years as the executive director of the Center for Creative Land Recycling, the U.S.'s premier land reuse nonprofit, and nearly four years of federal service.  Her time in the federal government included roles at USAID and as the Memphis Team Lead for the White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities.  Sarah has a background in international development and has worked in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.  She is a Truman Scholar, and earned her Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University and her BA from Eckerd College.  Sarah speaks Spanish, French, and slowly improving Japanese.