Meet Sagdrina
Award-Winning Leader. Community-Driven Innovator. Heart-Centered Educator.
The founder of SageD Consulting and a consultant for Atlanta Leadership Consulting, Sagdrina cultivates and delivers transformational experiences for executive teams, non-profit boards, and impact-driven professionals.
As a graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in Education, Sagdrina inspires learning and advancement in all of her consulting work. She leverages her unique talent for engaging diverse stakeholders in solving shared problems and is highly sought-after for helping companies and organizations think creatively about their impact. From helping balance equity in Atlanta’s philanthropic community to assisting in awarding grants for organizations like Mailchimp, her work thrives at the intersection of community and innovation.
She has also served as the founding Executive Director for the Georgia Farmers Market Association, a board member for the national Farmers Market Coalition, a Well-Being Impact Area Advisor for the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, and an advisor for Tuskegee University’s Organic Farming Project. In 2022, she collaborated with Black growers and farmers market leaders to curate the Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit that is now utilized by farmers market leaders across the country.
In Their Words
In addition to executive coaching, Sagdrina is available to facilitate trainings and deliver presentations about:
Skilled Facilitator
DEIB
Anti-racism initiatives
Food justice
Local food system audits
Community development and outreach strategy
Program development and implementation
Change management
Past DEIB Projects
Legacy Leadership
Sagdrina has partnered with Georgia Tech and Emory University to develop her exclusive flagship program, Legacy Leadership, which uniquely invests in strengthening executives’ impactful work and creating sustainable results through self-care, mentorship, and capacity-building.
Inequality in Philanthropy
Individual funders and Philanthropic Institutions have the opportunity to make significant contributions and changes to the current inequity in philanthropy in Atlanta. Acknowledge and face philanthropy's role in the current disregard, disrespect, and devaluation of Black bodies, culture, and language.
Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit
In 2022, Sagdrina facilitated the creation of the Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit in partnership with the Farmers Market Coalition + Black growers and farmers' market leaders
With the toolkit now utilized across the country, Sagdrina is available to facilitate a community of practice, present workshops, or give keynote talks around the topics of DEIB in local food systems.
Awards
Lady Locavores Awardee for Advocacy, 2023
Issued by Lady Locavores
Gus Schumacher Award, 2023
Issued by FMC
Good Trouble Honoree, 2022
Issued by Center for Civic Innovation
Green Ribbon Award, 2018
Issued by Les Dames d'Escoffier
Featured Talks
Board and Council Positions
In 2022, she was elected to serve on the board for The Lola, a women’s co-working space in Atlanta, and is working with their executive team to strengthen their Leaders in Social Justice Initiative.
In 2023, Sagdrina joined HEAL: Food Alliance’s School of Political Leadership (SOPL) cohort, which is “a six month long political leadership program that supports teams of talented, passionate, food and farm justice leaders who are advocating for policies and solutions that reimagine our food and farm systems.”
The Collective at CreateATL is comprised of community leaders chosen by a group of neighbors to lead within CreateATL for a two-year duration. During this time, they will program the space, work to deliver better outcomes for their own organizations, and help lead the change as stewards of the surrounding community.