Sarah May Stern

Sarah May Stern is chair of the Hudson Institute Board of Trustees.

Ms. Stern is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. After working for several years at Newsweek, she moved to Commentary magazine. There, she served as business director until 2010, overseeing the magazine’s production, circulation, advertising, budget, and human-resources operations, taking a leading role in its 2007 reorganization as an independent nonprofit, and serving on the Commentary board as treasurer and secretary.

Ms. Stern is a trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a board member of Winning for Women. She is a former treasurer and current board member of the Main Idea, a residential summer camp in Maine for economically disadvantaged girls. She also serves as a board member of the AI Alignment Foundation, which advances artificial intelligence control research as a means to ensure a safe and thriving future for humanity. Ms. Stern serves on the board of advisers for Harvard Alumni for Free Speech and is a past president of the Edgemont Union Free School District in Scarsdale, New York.