With more than 25 years of experience in event strategy and program design, Sarah Winkler creates long-term strategies that move audiences to deeper engagement. She has helped institutions such as Johns Hopkins, Auburn, Cornell, Duke and Boston Universities realize the full potential of such milestone events as campaign launches, presidential transitions and anniversary celebrations. Prior to Level5, Sarah was president of a nationally recognized Top 50 event design and production firm. In 2013, she co-founded Educe, a boutique firm focused on event strategy for higher education, which merged with Level5 Events by The Expo Group in January 2020. She has been a frequent speaker at professional association conferences and her work has been awarded the CASE Grand Gold. Winkler has chaired the CASE National Conference on Special Events, served on the CASE Summit Advisory Team and the CASE Industry Advisory Council.