Minkara
ABOUT
Sara Minkara
Former Ambassador-level U.S. diplomat, global strategist, board director, and trusted advisor to Fortune 500 executives, corporate boards, and senior government leaders.
A career built where strategy, systems, and human potential meet.
Sara’s expertise spans geopolitical risk, global market strategy, artificial intelligence and technology governance, workforce and human capital strategy, stakeholder engagement, and disability inclusion. She helps organizations strengthen resilience, navigate complexity, identify growth opportunities in underleveraged markets, and build trusted relationships across the Middle East and broader Muslim world.
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
From foreign policy to enterprise strategy.
Appointed by President Biden as U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights, Sara led U.S. foreign policy on disability across more than 70 countries and developed the Disability Foreign Policy Playbook.
Sara expanded disability policy into artificial intelligence, trade, economic development, peace and security, and digital transformation. She built coalitions across ASEAN, APEC, NATO, the Munich Security Conference, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and led the U.S. Delegation to the inaugural G7 Inclusion and Disability Ministerial Meeting.
Through her independent advisory practice, Sara works with public- and private-sector leaders to strengthen governance, accelerate growth, and embed disability into enterprise strategy, operations, workforce development, and emerging technologies.
70+
COUNTRIES
G7
U.S. DELEGATION LEAD
HARVARD
KENNEDY SCHOOL
FORBES
30 UNDER 30
Builder, educator, and board leader.
Sara founded In the Dark, a leadership methodology used across corporations, governments, and institutions. She developed and teaches the first university course on Disability and Diplomacy at Georgetown University, and previously founded Empowerment Through Integration. She serves on boards, including the Center for Independent Living, and is a member of the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders community.
