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Sarah Ann Smith

Sarah joined the Global Methane Hub as Program Director – Energy from Clean Air Task Force, where she served on the organization’s leadership team as Chief of Programs. Previously, Sarah spent nine years building and directing Clean Air Task Force’s methane program, taking it from a small team to a substantial global operation with more than twenty staff creating a significant impact on four continents. In this role, Sarah co-founded and co-led the U.S. Methane Partners Campaign for six years and played a key role in establishing methane-focused civil society partnerships in several other regions and at a global level, helping to advance the Global Methane Pledge launched in 2021. During this time, Sarah also served as an elected member of the Board of the Climate & Clean Air Coalition, an alliance of more than 70 countries and dozens of non-governmental organizations dedicated to reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants worldwide. Prior to CATF, Sarah served as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She also led several successful coalitions and public policy campaigns for Clean Water Action for four years. Sarah earned her Master’s of Environmental Science and Policy from the Yale School of the Environment, and she graduated from Dartmouth with a BA in Environmental Studies and Biology.