Sara Morgan

Sara Morgan

Sara Morgan has worked for over 25 years to improve the economic strength of Appalachia. She is an expert in financing housing, infrastructure, community facilities, nonprofits, public-private partnerships, and community development. Ms. Morgan oversees senior management, resource development for the corporation, and serves as the lead resource development expert for several multi-state and national organizations, including Partners for Rural Transformation, and Invest Appalachia. She led a successful application to the CDFI Bond Guarantee program, resulting in $40M coming to Appalachia and raised $50M from the USDA Community Facilities Relending Program for communities of persistent poverty. Under her leadership, Fahe became one of just a handful of CDFIs to achieve Seller-Servicer designations from two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). With her guidance, Fahe is also the first nonprofit in the country to be approved to launch a Regional Broker Network, and became a USDA 502 Direct Intermediary that brings over $80M in new mortgages to Appalachia annually.