Sarah Oppenheimer

Executive Director, Opportunity Insights

At Opportunity Insights (OI), Oppenheimer guides strategies to foster economic opportunity for all and focuses on ensuring that OI’s research and data have impacts in both academic and policy spaces. Her work is focused on the intersection of research, policy, and practice, working toward approaches that bring sectors together toward more effective and equitable outcomes. She previously served as director of research and evaluation for the King County Housing Authority, led cross-sector research at the Harvard School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Center for Community-Based Research, and worked on evaluations for Building Changes and Abt Associates. Oppenheimer was a social policy research fellow at the University of Washington West Coast Poverty Center and has authored numerous papers on housing and social policy, health disparities, and related topics. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont, a master’s in public health from Harvard University, and a master’s in public policy from the University of Washington.