Sarah Baver is a Director at ILO Group, where she leads complex, high-impact work within the firm’s AiLO division. Believing change happens through collaboration, Sarah uses human-centered design to co-create systems that nurture humanity, activate agency, and sustain exceptional outcomes for students.
Prior to joining ILO Group, Sarah was a Managing Consultant at Education Elements, where she oversaw a portfolio of district, state agency, and organizational projects spanning multiple K-12 service lines and consulting teams. She partnered with senior district and state leaders to set strategic direction, design and implement instructional frameworks, and strengthen systems for long-term improvement. With expertise in design thinking, Sarah pairs strategic vision with executional excellence to support large-scale change efforts.
Sarah began her career as a secondary English teacher in rural Arkansas, where she led substantial gains in student literacy, contributing to her school’s recognition as one of the most improved in the region and earning her Rookie Teacher of the Year. Motivated by a commitment to student access to excellent teaching, she went on to serve as the founding Director of Coaching for the Arkansas Teacher Corps, where she helped build and scale a statewide novice teacher recruitment, training, and development model in partnership with the University of Arkansas. Sarah later joined Teach For America’s Mississippi and Arkansas region as Director of Regional Design, leading region-wide innovation efforts and managing cross-functional teams to design and implement student-centered, systems-focused professional learning at scale.