Sara Gifford | Source | COO at ActiVote

Sara Gifford is co-founder and COO of ActiVote, a nonpartisan app that empowers citizens to vote and strengthens democracy. Having worked in the tech industry for twenty years, she is an expert in software development and management. Gifford started off as a Software Developer for HPTi, a Technology Consulting company. In 2006, she joined Quintiq, a supply-chain software-development company, as Business Consultant and was promoted to General Manager of North America. She later became a board member and then Chief Solutions Officer. After Quintiq was sold in 2017, Gifford and her fellow co-founders turned to use their tech talents for social good. That’s how ActiVote was born.