Sarah Fortuna

Sarah Fortuna is an accomplished strategy and operations professional with extensive experience in for-purpose startups in the higher education sector. Fortuna's expertise lies in international development, governance, business development and donor relations, government relations, and policy. She has studied Executive Master of Arts, Arts at University of Melbourne, Master of Social Science, International Development, Advanced Communication at RMIT University, and Bachelor of Arts - Social Science, Sociology, Communication & Media Studies, Political Science, Visual Culture at Monash University.

Fortuna's professional journey spans across various organizations, including her current role as Operations Lead at Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity at the University of Melbourne. Before this, she has worked as Manager, Engagement Initiatives at the University of Melbourne, Operations Manager at Centre for Workplace Leadership, and Strategy Adviser and Project Manager at the Office of the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne.

Fortuna has worked with several different organizations in different capacities, including the Department of Justice, UN Women, Community Newspapers Association of Victoria, and AZAM. She has also served as the Australian Youth Ambassador for Development at UNIFEM.