Sarah Klee Hood is an Air Force veteran, elected councilor, mother raising two young daughters, environmental policy expert, and native Central New Yorker – she’s Sarah from Syracuse. Sarah currently lives in Dewitt, New York with her husband Rob and two daughters, Olivia and Amelia.
Sarah’s from a working class family – she doesn’t have generational wealth or political connections. She’s a working Mom with a family to feed, student loans to pay, and a community to fight for. (And dinner to cook, every night).
In 2022, she ran to give Central New York a voice but fell just short, despite corrupt crypto bro Sam Bankman-Fried spending nearly half a million dollars to beat her.
Sarah is an elected DeWitt Town Councilor. When she was first elected in 2021, she was the top ‘vote getter’ & broke two county turnout records. In addition to her service as an elected councilor on the DeWitt Town Board, Sarah also enjoys other areas of service to her community and country, including serving on:
- Sierra Club, Executive Committee, CNNY Chapter
- Town of DeWitt Police Commission
- Town of DeWitt Democratic Committee, Treasurer
- Onondaga Women’s Democratic Committee, NYSFDW, Chair
- Welch Terrace, Board of Directors
- Truman National Security Project, Member
- National Transportation Review Board AV090, Member
Sarah is a former Air Force Operations Officer (air traffic controller) where she led 140 personnel across 4 divisions, managed a budget of $25M, protected assets valued at $15B, and developed federal level policy.
As a technical software program manager, in the private sector, Sarah led an international team of engineers supporting programs across the globe.
Sarah transitioned to the nonprofit economic development sector because she wanted to have a direct impact in her community. Most recently, Sarah worked in the environmental policy sector for state and federal agencies. Sarah worked with climate tech small businesses to create local jobs while addressing climate change.
