Sara joined PAYETTE in 2000 after graduating from Syracuse University. She is known for her excellent planning, programming, design and leadership skills on science and research projects for higher education institutions. She is currently leading multiple projects for Harvard University, the University of Hartford and the Broad Institute. Her most significant contribution is a long tenure as Project Manager for the Amherst College New Science Center and the Beneski Earth Sciences Building and Museum of Natural History, where she guided both projects from programming, planning and design through construction. A leader in undergraduate and research project typologies for the firm, she also frequently speaks at educational and laboratory planning and design conferences. Throughout her tenure at PAYETTE she has supported recruiting and staffing efforts and the firm’s Women in Design Group. She also served as Co-Chair of YDC and volunteered as Co-Chair of the KidsBuild Steering Committee at the Boston Society of Architects.
EDUCATION
B.Arch., 2000 Syracuse University, Magna Cum Laude
