Sarah is the President of Penumbra, leading the organization in the work of racial healing. She is a stage director (recent work at Penumbra includes Marisol, Spittin’ Seeds, Sugar in Our Wounds, and for colored girls…) and a writer focusing on essays, memoir, plays, and short stories. A respected scholar and professor, Bellamy is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and holds an M.A. in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. She has taught at Macalester College, the University of Minnesota, and served as Visiting Professor of Theatre and Culture at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. She is a leading facilitator around issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion and has led coalition building efforts to address inequities in philanthropy and theatre. A skilled and dynamic public speaker, she offers audiences fresh, big-hearted, and courageous perspectives on a wide range of topics. Her lectures on the power of race and representation have been presented across the country. She is a founding member of the Twin Cities Theatres of Color Coalition and has served on the Board of Directors for Theatre Communications Group as a member of the executive committee. She has been widely recognized for her work and has received numerous awards including a 2015 Bush Fellowship and the Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Award. She is currently serving as a board member for The Jerome Foundation and is the proud mama of two beautiful children.