Sara Janjigian Trifiro has over 20 years of marketing and business development professional experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations.  Sara has led communications and growth efforts at several professional services and consulting firms including Johnson Global Accountancy, Changing Our World, Inc., Beacon Interactive Systems, and Grant Thornton LLP.  Within these organizations, she is responsible for the overall marketing, sales, and overall communications strategies.

At Grant Thornton, Sara directed the marketing efforts for the $70M National Not-for-Profit and Higher Education Practice.  Sara has developed many programs and publications focused on governance, fiscal management, and fundraising to engage and develop relationships with new clients and influencers including Grant Thornton’s State of the Not-for-Profit Sector and Changing Our World’s Strategic Leadership: Leveraging Data for the Future of Catholic Development.  Throughout her career, Sara has worked in and with nonprofit organizations on marketing, fundraising and events including implementing a feasibility study for a $20M capital campaign for a private evangelical school outside Boston.

Passionately dedicated to women’s leadership, Sara currently serves as board member and Vice-Chair of Advancement for the Armenian Women’s International Association and an instrumental part of the 25th Anniversary Conference and Gala.  In addition to mentoring partners and professionals on their individual career and marketing plans, she was part of the development team that built the New England Women@Grant Thornton Initiative.   For over 3 years, Sara was a Vice-Chair and eventually Co-Chair of the Small Business Association of New England’s Women’s Business Network where she helped to strengthen the network of women. 

Straight out of college, Sara started her career with two years of AmeriCorps service at City Year Boston.  There she delivered meals to people home-bound living with AIDS and their families and worked on City Year’s fundraising and training events. Sara serves on the executive committee and board of Great Bay Services and is involved with several other organizations including the Armenian Women’s Welfare Association and Friends of Armenian Heritage Park.  She received a BFA in photography from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Simmons School of Management. 

Awards: 

• Bright Bulb Awards finalist
• Boston Business Journal Emerging Leader
• MarCom Gold Award for Interactive Direct Marketing Campaign
• Grant Thornton Guiding Principles Award