Sarita Foster

PEOPLE Madison Coordinator

University of Wisconsin- Madison, PEOPLE Program

Sarita Foster is an experienced and accomplished coordinator of projects, programs, and people. She has strong community outreach, program development, and volunteer management skills. Sarita has worked in the higher education industry, at UW Madison, as both a coordinator for and pre-college advisor to its PEOPLE program— a pre-college enrichment that works with Wisconsin High Schoolers. She is skilled and or has experience working in nonprofits, with youth and young adults, on youth development issues, as well as coordinating and managing volunteers. She is a public speaker with a fundraising background and a strong focus on youth professionalism. Her Bachelor's Degree is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focused on Social Welfare and Gender & Women's Studies.

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Brings to Board

The talents and skills that I will bring to a board are the following: I’m passionate about making a difference in the lives of all youth, I have reach and networks in the community and I understand the inner-working of program development and design.

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Hopes for a Board Seat

I have interest in sitting on a nonprofit board because I am a city of Madison resident that is committed to improving my community, our schools and make a small difference by putting in volunteer time in an impactful way.

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Skills

• community outreach, program development, volunteer management and public speaking, youth development,

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