Trustee Emerita

Sarah earned a BA in Economics from Duke University. She began her career at Chemical Bank, and spent the remaining part of her 20-year career at Goldman Sachs in finance and investments. Sarah has served Walker’s and our Board of Trustees in innumerable ways over many years. Most recently, she has served as a member of the Finance, Trusteeship and Advancement committees. Sarah was Campaign Chair for our Centennial Campaign from 2011-2016 and has served on two Head of School search committees. She is a member of The Ethel Walker School Heritage Society, and has established The Sarah Gates Colley ’75 Scholarship Fund and The Gates Family Bowl, which recognizes the highest level of Reunion giving. In 1989, Sarah was awarded the Vander Poel Bowl for distinguished leadership in the Annual Fund, and in 2015 she received the Margot Rose ’80 Distinguished Alumnae Award, The Ethel Walker School’s highest alumnae honor.