Program Director for the Health Program

Sara Kay is the Director of the Nathan Cummings Foundation's Health Program, a position she has held since 2005. From 1998 - 2004 she served in the Office of the New York City Comptroller, first as Senior Counsel and then as Director of the Office of Policy Management, which developed policy analyses and recommendations on a diverse set of municipal priorities including health care, economic development, education and social services issues. Before joining the Comptroller's office Sara taught at Brooklyn Law School, where she and her students represented low and moderate-income clients with public benefits, discrimination and other federal claims. Her experience also includes corporate litigation on managed care and insurance issues with a major New York law firm and work as a legal services lawyer on housing issues.

Sara received a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Connecticut.