Sarah Salbu Young

Employee Experience Manager, Mendix

Boston

Sarah is a culture spark. In her current role at Mendix, she’s focused on creating a great environment for everyone to build productive relationships, learn and have fun along the way. She does this by hosting events - both internal focused events and external community events - for networking and learning. To make these program happen, it comes down to effective and consistent communication across a variety of channels - from in-person stand-ups to internal newsletters and social media. Her motto is there are no rules and that everyone can be a culture champion within their organization, it just often takes someone to be that spark for positive change within an organization. In addition to being a communications manager Mendix, she is also the co-founder of a charitable apparel business to raise awareness of the harm facing African elephants, Ele and Phant. Sarah holds a B.A from Miami University of Ohio.