Sara Olson has worked at the intersection of Biblical faith and policy for the past decade. She is currently the Chief Advancement Officer for Intercessors for America and is affectionately known as their “Thanker-in-Chief.” Always in search of strategic ways to advance IFA’s mission to connect people, policy, passion, and prayer, she enjoys forging new national partnerships while stewarding some of IFA’s most treasured relationships. One of her great passions is engaging the church in the culture by voting and volunteering in election integrity efforts.

Sara’s work in Washington began with Concerned Women for America in 2016, where she invested the next seven years of her life in a cause she still loves. Her early career was with The Southwestern Company, where she excelled in management (and met her husband, “JT”). She stepped out of the workforce to embrace motherhood when the first of their five children was born, and for many years she was a stay-at-home, homeschooling mother of many. As they grew, she and JT co-founded and oversaw Haystack Associates to start a nonprofit organization serving widows and orphans called Both Hands. Sara and JT reside in Brentwood, Tennessee. Their favorite roles are “Lovie and Papa” to Otto (5), Olson (3) and Jack (2)!