<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/journalism/our-story/board-of-advisors/sarah-burns.html" dsn="people"><first_name>Sarah</first_name><last_name>Burns</last_name><prefixes/><pronouns/><post_nominals/><title-1/><title-2/><title-3/><title-4/><department>Board of Advisors</department><type>Advisory Board</type><email/><phone/><image><img src="/journalism/images/sarah-burns.jpeg" alt="Sarah Burns headshot"/></image><office/><address/><office-hours/><types><type>Advisory Board</type></types><departments><department>Board of Advisors</department></departments><main-content>B.A. Journalism (Public Relations) University of North Texas, 2004

Chief Marketing Officer, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

3 years
Powerful social media campaigns promote awareness and fund raising for children who suffer child abuse
Intense work during COVID-19 pandemic as abuse increases yet is harder to detect


Senior Communications Director, Texas Women's Foundation

3 years
Responsible for brand, events, PR, marketing and outreach for the largest regional women's fund in the world


Children's Medical Center

2 years
Strategic marketing for Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders and organ transplants


Location: Dallas
Organizations

SMU Corporate Communication &amp; Public Affairs, advisory board
Junior League of Dallas, board of directors


The Executive Committee believes Sarah's unique insight into nonprofits could inform job paths for UNT graduates. She has risen quickly in her field, and her youth offers the Board a millennial perspective on the expectations and challenges facing today's graduates.
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