Sarah O’Neill

Sarah is an advisor to the communications committee. Previously, she served as the St. Croix County Democrats’ communications chair and communications advisory board member, 7th Congressional District social media marketing committee member, and communications and digital director for Danielle Johnson’s state assembly campaign. Before dipping her toe into the political waters, Sarah was a St. Croix Valley Alliance Against Family Violence member and a Legislative, Policy, and System Collaboration Committee member of the Governor’s Council on Domestic Abuse.

Digital content strategist and senior writer at Firebrand, Sarah has extensive experience in behavioral marketing, branding, digital strategy, and communications in the health and wellness, supply chain, and secondary education spaces. Her professional experience also includes serving as a digital communications consultant for the Phillips for Congress campaign, and she continues to maintain the campaign website. She also trained as a Climate Reality Leadership Corp member and created digital content for a Minnesota climate campaign.

Sarah graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in Wildlife Ecology, and she launched her career with Dan Buettner’s National Geographic-sponsored Quests and Blue Zones expeditions—interactive adventure learning experiences for K-12 classrooms.

A mom of three grown boys, Sarah currently lives in Hudson, Wisconsin. She’s an avid Minnesota Twins and USA women’s hockey team fan, and she enjoys classical and choral music, travel, cooking, and spending time with her family.

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