Sara Toering is the owner and General Counsel of SJT Partners, a Georgia-based law and consulting firm that serves organizations and leaders around the country seeking to impact federal, state, and local policy focused on land, housing affordability and equitable neighborhood stabilization. As an attorney, advocate, and facilitator, Sara has over 20 years of professional experience working with people and organizations seeking to make transformational and socially just change. Sara also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Community Progress, America's non-profit leader for turning "Vacant Spaces into Vibrant Places,” and a facilitator with Both/And Partners, offering trainings and coaching around diversity, equity, & inclusion, community engagement, and anti-racism.