Sara Oliver-Carter is the vice president of diversity and inclusion at Highmark Inc., Pennsylvania’s largest health insurance company based on membership. In this position, she is responsible for managing the direction, implementation and alignment of Highmark’s diversity initiatives with corporate strategy.

Sara is results-oriented human resources professional with more than 20 years of business operations and human resource management experience. During her career, she has held a variety of positions in corporate staffing, employee relations and operations while serving as a member of various community boards.

Sara has a passion for diversity and inclusion and believes that diversity is integral to the achievement of sustainable business excellence in the Pittsburgh area. She realizes that diversity is critical to the success of the region and she is committed to supporting the attraction and retention of talent through innovative diversity and inclusion efforts in both the workplace and community.

Sara has a bachelor’s degree in business communication and a master’s degree of science in professional leadership from Carlow University.

Sara lives in Pittsburgh with her spouse, daughter, son and daughter-in-law and is the proud grandmother of three.