Sandi Fox founded Smart As A Fox LLC, a woman and LGBTQ-owned progressive digital strategy consultancy. She has over 17 years of digital strategy experience and is considered a “thought-leader” in the mobile/digital space as one of the foremost experts in mobile (SMS) and has spoken on panels and developed and run trainings on digital organizing and mobile technology. She has worked with organizations like Vote.org, Save the Children, the American Federation of Teachers, SEIU, Hip Hop Caucus, State Voices, Greenpeace, et al.

She is a Fulbright Scholar, having conducted research on human trafficking in Bulgaria during 2009-2010, and she also co-founded the Boston chapter of the New Leaders Council (NLC) and served as National Alumni Director for thousands of members of the NLC community. NLC trains and supports the next generation of progressive political entrepreneurs -- leaders who set trends, build institutions or shape industries that enhance civic and political life.

Sandi is considered a 3G, both of Sandi's grandparents on her mother's side were from Germany and survived the Holocaust. Unfortunately, all or most of their families were killed by the Nazis between 1938 and 1945.

Sandi holds a B.A. in government and international relations with a minor in women’s studies, as well as a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in nonprofit management from Clark University in Worcester, MA. She resides with her fiance and puppy in Washington, DC.

Sandi’s grandmother was 13 years old in Berlin, Germany in 1938 and was on the first Kindertransport after Kristallnacht. Her father at the time was the high Cantor of Berlin and was arrested on Kristallnacht. She survived the war living with a foster family in Britain and once she turned 18 she lived in London. Her mother was able to escape and join her there, but her father was sent to the Saucsenhausen Concentration Camp and killed.

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