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Sarah Peltier WAYS AND MEA NS COUNCIL DIRECTO R
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s Ways and Means Council Director for the Junior League of New Orleans (JLNO) Board of Directors, Sarah will coordinate, develop and maintain the League’s fundraising activities including Touch a Truck, Run Walk Give, Passing the Gavel Celebration as well as other special events and partnerships. She will be responsible for increasing awareness of JLNO’s mission and financial needs, especially how JLNO puts 100% of its fundraiser proceeds back into the community. Through management, organization and team building, she helps volunteers harness their fundraising development skills to generate funds that support JLNO's community projects. She will report to the board on fundraising effectiveness and recommend both policy and procedural changes to improve these events. During her time on the board, Sarah hopes to spread the word about what the Junior League of New Orleans stands for and all that it has accomplished.
“There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other’s cooking and say it was good.” - BRIAN ANDREAS
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Lagniappe | Summer 2020
A New Iberia native, Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science in communications from Loyola University New Orleans. She puts her communication and facilitation savvy to work as the Greater New Orleans Regional Director for the Louisiana Restaurant Association. In her 11 years with the organization, her role has included board management, event planning, fundraising, membership and workers’ compensation insurance sales. Having grown up in a foodservice family, Sarah loves helping restaurant owners every day with the resources the association has at its disposal. Sarah joined JLNO in 2013 with the goal of meeting new friends and serving the community. She has filled many leadership positions in that time, including Esprit Vice-Chair, Freret 5k Chair and Passing the Gavel Celebration Chair. Her other volunteer passions include the Anti-Defamation League, where she was a Glass Leadership Institute Bissinger-Timm Fellow. She continues to volunteer with the organization and was a committee member for the inaugural Concert Against Hate in the summer of 2019. Additionally, she has been named a New Orleans Finest Honoree by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and was a board member for the Acadiana Chapter of the Louisiana Restaurant Association. What she loves most about New Orleans is the constant stream of cultural delights. “On any given day you can walk into the street and hear a brass band playing, drive past a beautiful mural or see someone dressed in costume. This city appreciates art and culture and is truly unique,” Sarah says. When she’s not hard at work on one of JLNO’s many projects, you can find her and her boyfriend Sam taking in the festivals, arts, restaurants and bars that make the city truly magical.