Sarah A. Chase

Sarah A. Chase is a Chief Operating Officer with more than 12 years’ international experience translating high-level visions into actionable plans. She has worked with executive teams in the United States, Europe, and Asia to translate ideas into profitable business reality. Whether raising 8 figures, executing a press conference at Dallas Cowboy’s Stadium, writing a last minute speech in a private jet somewhere over Iowa, managing a DARPA proposal, running up 5th Avenue with a film crew, or teaching a workshop at the United Nations – Sarah has dedicated her career to launching and steadily growing companies.

Today, she serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the Alda Communication Training Company (ACT), helping world-renowned actor, writer, and director, Alan Alda, bring his proven improv and communication methods to the world. ACT is a multimillion-dollar company that is structured as a one-of-its kind private-public partnership with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, and all of ACT’s profits are donated back to the Alda Center to further enhance research and innovation in science communication.

Sarah is also a producer and recently produced her first full length documentary featuring Liam Neeson, which is in theatrical and digital release on Amazon Prime, Netflix, and PPV. She is also the associate producer of a new podcast hosted by Alan Alda, which features an amazing line up of the world's most respected communicators and thought leaders. The podcast launched on July 10th and has already had over 2-million downloads.

Sarah has lead communication and media training workshops at the United Nations, NASA, the Nature Conservancy, and business "Shark Tank" events. She serves as an executive committee member of the National Small Business Association.