Sarah May Stern is a journalism executive and chair of the board of the Hudson Institute, an American foreign policy think tank.

Sarah May Stern
Websitehudson.org

Education

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Stern graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1981. She also graduated from Harvard Business School in 1985.[1]

Career

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Stern began her career at Newsweek. She eventually joined Commentary where she worked until 2010, eventually becoming business director.[2] In 2006, she became the chairman of the board of trustees at Hudson Institute following her father's retirement.[3]

She is a former president of the Edgemont Union Free School District.

In addition to Hudson Institute, Stern is also a trustee for a number of organizations including The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Winning for Women, and Main Idea, a residential summer camp for economically disadvantaged girls in Maine.[4][5]

She was among the leaders sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party following the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's decision to host a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in the face of Chinese aggression.[6][7]

Personal life

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In 1986, Stern married Mark Rosenblatt at The Temple in Nashville, Tennessee.[8] Her father Walter P. Stern was a Wall Street executive who preceded her as the chair of the board at Hudson Institute.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "About HAFFS | Harvard Alumni for Free Speech". Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  2. ^ "Sarah May Stern | Hudson". www.hudson.org. 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  3. ^ "Wally Stern: The Legacy of Herman Kahn's Intellectual Other Half". National Review. 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  4. ^ "Sarah May Stern". Winning For Women. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  5. ^ "Board of Directors". The Main Idea. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  6. ^ HUIZHONG WU (2023-04-07). "China sanctions California's Reagan library over McCarthy meeting with Taiwan's president". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  7. ^ "Decision on Taking Countermeasures Against Hudson Institute, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum and Their Leaders". www.fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  8. ^ "Sarah Stern Is Wed To Mark Rosenblatt". The New York Times. 1986-08-25. p. Section B, Page 7.
  9. ^ Eisen, Ben (2022-03-11). "Wall Street Executive Wally Stern Was a Player in Foreign Affairs—And Always Traveled Coach". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-09-04.