Sarah Middleton

Sarah Middleton is President and CEO of Mission Up, a social change consulting firm that works alongside companies, nonprofits, and movements. Prior to founding Mission Up in 2018, Sarah was the Senior Vice President responsible for global corporate citizenship at PIMCO and Executive Director of the PIMCO Foundation. During her time at PIMCO, Sarah was part of the Points of Light Corporate Institute Leadership Faculty, acted as a regional voice lead for IMPACT2030, and served on the Orange County Commission to End Homelessness.

Sarah is past Chair of Orange County Grantmakers and was the founding Chair of the Corporate Volunteer Council of Orange County. Before joining PIMCO in 2007, she served as an AmeriCorps volunteer and worked in the nonprofit sector for six years. Sarah has written for The Huffington Post, spoken at national and global conferences, and was named one of Orange County, California’s 100 Most Influential people of 2015. Sarah is a board member for the National Museum & Center for Service, a member of Independent Sector’s Strategic Volunteer Engagement Program Advisory Committee, and one of the Founding 50 Collaborators for the Realized Worth Institute Makerspace.

She holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and an undergraduate degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Sarah lives in Orange County, California with her family, and enjoys reading, traveling, and running marathons.