Draft:Sarah Rosso


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Sarah Rosso (born April 13, 1982) is an American LGBTQ+ public health leader and educator who lives in Pittsburgh, PA, and is the Executive Director of the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation.

Life and work
Rosso serves on the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs, where they are Co-Chair of the Youth and Young Adult Committee, and on the City of Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Commission, the PA Covid Equity Committee, Allegheny County COVID Equity Task Force, and the Allegheny County "All in Allegheny - Healthy Families and High Quality Human Services" Policy Committee. Rosso was a Pittsburgh Magazine 40 Under 40 honoree in 2019.

In 2019, after five years as the Director of Programs for the LGBTQ+ mental health organization Persad Center, Rosso became the Executive Director of Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation works to raise health with LGBTQ+ and HIV communities by removing systemic barriers that prevent health equity. During their tenure, Rosso has more than the doubled the size of the Hugh Lane team, and expanded its service areas across Western Pennsylvania, including Washington and Erie Counties.

Youth and family work
Rosso is well-known for their work supporting LGBTQ+ youth and families. Rosso travels the country facilitating trainings for the Human Rights Campaign's "All Families Training Program", offering capacity building and coaching on a range of topics for child welfare professionals and caregivers. Under Rosso, Allegheny County began contracting with Hugh Lane to train foster parents in LGBTQ+ competency, using a training program called Caregiver AFFIRM. Rosso oversaw a pilot of Caregiver AFFIRM, and co-wrote the training manual AFFIRM Caregiver Implementation.