Biography
Sarah von Helfenstein has served as a business professional for the past 30 years, witnessing and participating first hand in many of the century’s rapid changes. She has created, launched, managed, and specialized in financial valuation while also participating in several tech startups. She has performed seminal research for the U.S. Department of Defense and has published and presented extensively in the U.S. and internationally on topics in finance and complex systems.
Believing that each person bears the image of God and that teaching is one of the greatest privileges in any culture throughout history, she has also actively engaged with academia in various ways, including teaching, training, and mentoring both young people and colleagues across a range of disciplines.
Sarah received her MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and her B.A. from Randolph-Macon Women’s College. She has been a designated member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts since 2005, of which she was named Outstanding Member in June 2018. She is a prodigious reader, an engaging lecturer, an advocate of subject mastery through lively and curious discussions, and she is a lover of pets, her children, grandchildren, and classical education.
