Sarah Colwell

About

Sarah Colwell is a Sacramento-based communications and marketing professional serving higher education clients throughout the West Coast. She started her career working in news media in California (KVIE and Davis Enterprise) and Colorado (Colorado Springs Gazette and Colorado Springs Business Journal). She then transitioned into a public relations and communications role for higher education working for the University of Alabama and then UC Davis. In her role at UC Davis, her team successfully led the university-wide communications and marketing strategy for UC Davis’ $1 billion fundraising campaign, earning numerous regional and national awards for their work. Colwell started SC2 Strategic Communications in 2017 and has successfully shared her marketing communications expertise with clients throughout the West Coast. She was part of the Sacramento Metro Chamber's Leadership Sacramento class of 2025, being named Most Valuable Person by her classmates. In 2026 she was recognized as a "Woman on the Move" by the Sacramento Business Journal.