Where did Sarah Heck go to school?

Sarah Heck studied at Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service (Master of Science, Foreign Service); University of Maryland (BA, Government and Politics).

Sarah Heck

Executive at Stripe

San Francisco, California, United States

Find your path to Sarah

570 people in our graph share verified history with Sarah — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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Sarah: together at U.S. Department of State

Executive at Stripe YC S09

Intro paths

Stripe went through Y Combinator (Summer 2009) — Sarah is an executive there, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

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In turn, Sarah can intro founders to Stripe's investors below.

Stripe's investors · 68

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2014 Advaita CapitalBoston Aglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checks Air Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checks Alkeon InnovationNew York Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks AlvenParis Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026 AtomicoLondon Base PartnersSão Paulo BoxGroupNew York · $1M checks CapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checks Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks Designer FundSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks Dria VenturesNew York Emerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checks Entrée CapitalTel Aviv · $150K – $15M checks Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks Firestreak Ventures FirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checks · since 2024 Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Fourth RealmMenlo Park Galdana VenturesBarcelona General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks Glade Brook Capital PartnersGreenwich Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park Golden Gate VenturesSingapore · $473K – $60M checks Goose Valley VenturesStockholm · $870K checks Green Meadow VenturesWest Hollywood · $500K – $3M checks GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks HeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks ICONIQSan Francisco Imaginary Venture CapitalNew York · $1M – $10M checks Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checks InvestXVancouver JuniperoMiami Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks Lowercase CapitalJackson Moment Ventures, LlcPalo Alto New Wavesince 2024 Night CapitalCapitola Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks Preston-Werner VenturesSan Francisco Bay Area · $500K – $3M checks Prime VenturesAmsterdam · $5.4M – $16.2M checks Quest VenturesSingapore · $50K – $10M checks Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks SciFi VCSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks Seiho Investment WorksKyoto · $67K – $670K checks Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2024 Sherpalo VenturesMenlo Park SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2024 Sixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checks South Quad Square Peg CapitalMelbourne SquareOneBerlin · $378K – $3.8M checks SquareOne CapitalMiami Standard CapitalSan Francisco SV AngelSan Francisco The Players' Impact Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2026 Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks WAGMI Ventures WealthUnion$10K checks XYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2009

Co-founders at Stripe

John CollisonCo-founder & President

Patrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO

Experience

AnthropicHead of Public Policycurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Coalition OperatorsFounding Operatorcurrent2022 — present
StripeHead of Entrepreneurship2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
National Security Council, The White HouseSenior Director for Global Engagement, National Security Council2015 — 2017Washington D.C. Metro Area
U.S. Department of StateForeign Affairs Officer2009 — 2015Washington D.C. Metro Area
The Honorable Chuck HagelResearch Associate2009 — 2010Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Kissinger McLarty AssociatesLatin America Division2006 — 2008Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Amigos de las AmericasCountry Director2004 — 2005Paraguay

Skills & more

International RelationsInternational Development33Foreign PolicyPolicy Analysis76Public Policy49Politics99Non-profits7Spanish26Research26Diplomacy24Economics8Government59

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Political SciencePublic SpeakingStrategic CommunicationsNonprofitsEditingProgram ManagementStrategyCommunity Outreach

Languages Portuguese · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sarah Heck?: Founder at Stripe
Where did Sarah Heck go to school?: Sarah Heck studied at Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service (Master of Science, Foreign Service); University of Maryland (BA, Government and Politics).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Anthropic133

Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable Capital Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture Partners Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic Reed HastingsCo-founder of Netflix Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Daniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of Anthropic

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Also worked at Stripe247

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia Capital Patrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of Stripe John CollisonCo-founder & President of Stripe Greg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI

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Also worked at National Security Council, The White House16

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Also worked at U.S. Department of State210

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