People

Sarah Noble

Canada

Biography

Sarah Noble is passionate about storytelling as a tool for building peace and social change. She has held leadership positions at international organisations focused on peacebuilding, humanitarian issues, and independent media. Sarah brings with her more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, fundraising, and partnerships in the field of international peace and security. She is co-founder and Curator of the Peace Talks at Interpeace where she has held a number of positions including Special Assistant, Chief of Staff, and Director of Global Engagement. She has overseen 21 editions of the Peace Talks that have taken place in more than 8 countries with over 8000 attendees and has worked with more than 200 speakers from over 50 countries. In her TEDx talk, she encourages us to embrace that Storytelling is Our Real-Life Superpower. Sarah also serves as Director of External Relations at The New Humanitarian, a non-profit newsroom that puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world.