Sarah Michelsen is a Phoenix-based political strategist with a focus on community-rooted campaigns, states-first strategies, and western states.
About
Sarah is a professional advocate and political strategist with a focus on building progressive infrastructure. She has designed and executed campaigns across the country, including legislative advocacy campaigns and elections at all levels of the ballot, from municipal to presidential. She comes from a field and community organizing background, and has a decade of experience managing all aspects of modern campaigns, from paid media to canvassing to communications.
Recent Experience
Electoral Project Manager, ACLU
2020 – current
Executive Director, Arizona Wins
2012 – 2019
Nevada State Director, Bernie 2020
2019 – 2020
M.A. Public Policy, Arizona State University
2014-2016
What We Believe
Michelsen Strategies is about doing the work that needs to be done to bring about a better world. I specialize in building lasting infrastructure- organizations and coalitions that can keep the progressive movement moving forward year after year, as candidates, elections, and campaigns come and go. I believe that the utility of electoral politics for social change is not in getting any one individual into office, but in building structures of collective leadership that can use elections as a tool. To achieve progressive change, we must strive to elect leaders who are grounded in social movements and accountable to their communities.
