Sandra Barrington, CFRE serves as Chief Philanthropy Officer for Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation in Grass Valley, California. With more than 20 years of nonprofit development experience, she has served Sierra Nevada’s foundation since 2007. For the past six years, Sandra has served as Associate Director, focusing on major gifts, planned gifts and grant acquisition utilizing her deep experience in management and strategic planning.
Earning a degree in English with a certificate in Editing and Publishing from California State University, Chico, Sandra's career in fund development began in university and museum fundraising as well as contract grant writing.
Sandra is deeply involved with her community, and is the current President Grass Valley Rotary, Clerk of the Board of Trustees for the Nevada City School District, on the Board of Directors for the Nevada County Economic Resource Council, and the advisory board for Hospice of the Foothills. Sandra is a graduate of the Nevada County Leadership Institute and the Center for Nonprofit Leadership's Executive Director Academy. Sandra resides in Nevada City and has one daughter.