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Sara Hart Weir |

Vice President


Professional Experience

Sara Weir is a health and life sciences professional. She helps patient advocacy organizations, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, health care providers, and academic institutions effectively advocate before Congress and a wide variety of federal departments and agencies. Sara applies her background in public policy to design and execute comprehensive and creative government relations strategies to advance the interests of clients in the health and life sciences sector.

Through the development of a comprehensive set of policy priorities, Sara ensures that clients are prepared with messages that resonate with decision-makers on Capitol Hill and within federal agencies. She also assists clients in developing coalitions, public/private partnerships and cooperative agreements that provide a common platform for private and public entities with aligned policy interests to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Most recently, Sara has been working to build a public/private partnership to create a national public health education and awareness campaign focused on safe injection practices.

Sara is also an experienced project manager. She helps clients implement project management standards that create an infrastructure that puts her clients in control of their project portfolio and ensures that the desired outcomes support current and future business directions. Prior to joining B&D Consulting, Sara provided management consulting services to several federal departments and agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration and United States Coast Guard, where she has managed several multi-million dollar engagements for clients.

Sara worked on the Congressional 2004 campaign of U.S. Representative Dennis Moore (D-KS).

Presentations

Testimonies

Honors

  • Westminster College Senior of the Year, 2003-04
  • Winston Churchill Award for Leadership & Service Senior Award, 2003-04
  • Coca-Cola Community All-American, 2004
  • Outstanding Woman of Westminster, 2002-04

Civic Activities

  • Westminster College DC Alumni Association — President
  • Westminster College Alumni Council
  • Carnegie Mellon University DC Alumni Association — Secretary
  • National Down Syndrome Society

  • Special Needs Mentor

Memberships

  • Psi Chi (Psychology Honorary Society) — President, 2002-04
  • Junior Fellow of the American Psychology and Political Science Academy

Publications