Sarah Barnard is an experienced legal professional, currently serving as Technology Counsel at Linklaters since September 2011, where Sarah has held various roles including Senior Lawyer in Legal & Risk and a secondment as COO and Legal Counsel at CreateiQ. Additionally, Sarah was the COO and Legal Counsel at CreateiQ from October 2021 to November 2022. Prior to their legal career, Sarah worked as an Operations Associate at DonorsChoose.org and as a Middle School English/Language Arts and Social Studies teacher for the NYC Department of Education. Sarah holds a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a Master of Science in Secondary Education from Pace University, complemented by a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Sociology from The Johns Hopkins University.