Sarah Gershman

Sarah Gershman is a communications trainer with more than 10 years of teaching experience. Sarah specializes in helping clients clarify their message in order to cultivate stage presence and inspire an audience. 

Recent and current clients include:

Microsoft, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Perseus, LLC, Dechert, LLP, HOK, the U.S. Department of Treasury Executive Institute, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, the Kauffman Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, the National Association for Teacher Quality, the Embassy of Canada, Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association, So Others Might Eat,the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the Red Cross, the American Society for Training and Development, the Center for Leadership Initiatives, AVODAH, and InsideNGO.

Sarah’s passion for training leaders how to communicate stems from her classroom and theater experience. Prior to founding Green Room Speakers, Sarah served as Dean of Students and Faculty at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco and the Drama Director at an Oakland independent school. Sarah is the author and producer of the musical, Notes in the a Different Key, performed at the Thalia Theater in New York City, and has recently directed productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Wizard of Oz.

Sarah has a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University and a Masters in Judaic Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is a Wexner Graduate Alumni and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Literature.

"Sarah is an outstanding trainer. Her workshops are sharp, relevant, and fun. She has an amazing ability to both build participants' self-confidence, while at the same time challenge them to reach past their comfort level."

-Elie Kaunfer, Executive Director, Mechon Hadar