Sarah Frances Smith is a Master of Science in Foreign Service candidate at Georgetown University concentrating in Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA). She is a graduate intern at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she works on industrial innovation and net-zero strategy. Sarah Frances is also president of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service Energy Club and a board member of the National Capital Area Chapter of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics.

Prior to her graduate studies, Sarah Frances spent two years implementing technical assistance programs facilitating clean energy transition in Eurasia as an International Trade Specialist at the Department of Commerce. Her background also includes two years of nuclear energy research in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates as a Boren Scholar. She speaks fluent Arabic. Originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, Sarah Frances is committed to a career spent supporting the development of clean, equitable, and reliable energy systems that improve quality of life for communities worldwide.