Sarah May Stern Explained

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

Education

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

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

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]

Notes and References

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