Team

SocialChangeCo® is a team of experts and network of partners who collaborate in purpose-built project teams to support your strategic and operational needs in strategy, public affairs, social change, and digital engagement. We believe in the benefit of synergistic partnerships and we operate as a part of your existing team or on projects that stand alone to deliver streamlined and innovative solutions that make a difference.

Sara J. Fahy

Founder & CEO
Sara founded SocialChangeCo® with over 18 years of international experience and global leadership, having worked with corporations, government entities and non-profits in the United States, Europe, New Zealand and beyond. She leads and advises out of a passion for connecting companies, consumers and causes® to power social change movements through sound strategy and implementation. Sara’s skills span sustainable development, strategy, program management, corporate communications, public affairs, government relations, employee engagement and on and offline brand strategy.

Before SocialChangeCo®, Sara led strategy and corporate affairs for Fortune 100 companies and top ranking global non-profit organizations. As Vice President of Strategy for Resonance Consultancy, she worked with cities, countries, and developers to design places and programs that transformed communities. She served as Executive Director of Stakeholder Relations at the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind and also headed up Consumer Affairs for Pfizer/Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals. She worked in business and NGO development for the European Parliament and with the World Health Organization. Sara is a California native, and honors graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand with a Masters of International Business and holds a Bachelors in Communications and Advertising from California State University, Fullerton, having graduated cum laude honors.

Garrett Fahy, Esq.

Vice President of Political Strategy
Garrett is a graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law, a licensed California attorney, experienced business litigator,  election law attorney, and political commentator and writer. As a former legislative staffer in California and Washington, D.C. he has worked on campaigns and policies at local, state and federal levels. Garrett regularly represents and consults with political parties, candidates, campaigns and initiative proponents in California and other states. He also regularly writes and speaks on legislative issues impacting California and the nation. As a result, Garrett regularly distills complex regulatory and legal environments to develop strategies that benefit our clients.

Stacy DeGroot

Director of Creative Strategy
Stacy brings creativity and depth to the SocialChangeCo® team with a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Social Theory, a career in marketing management, and direct experience as a small business owner and designer/artist herself. Founder of Fulcrum Road, a partner of SocialChangeCo® and creative strategy consulting firm aimed at facilitating the development of authentic corporate identity in order to strategize messaging and optimize success, Stacy uniquely aspires to aid companies in discovering their heart, establishing a voice, and actualizing true potential. Stacy is passionate about connecting industry and the arts in order to unify business and consumers with shared interests, values and objectives in order to achieve authentic balance and true success.

Sarah Colegrove

Marketing Specialist
Sarah brings inspiration and tenacious support to the SocialChangeCo® team with diverse experience in communications, marketing, film production, social media, branding, writing and nonprofit development. Sarah is passionate about using her skills to see businesses thrive that affect positive social change.  She has a focused ability to see and create brand value across genuine messages and style for SocialChangeCo® clients, while creatively communicating unique brand expressions.

From Our Clients

“..strong commitment to sustainability principles and best practice. A very effective advocate for the Foundation for the Blind, again demonstrating excellent relationship building and communication skills, integrity, and passion for work…”

Member of Parliament – NZ Government
Government Relations