Sarah Thomas joined The Mitford Museum as director in January 2022. She brings the museum and its supporters more than 25 years of marketing, non-profit management, and fundraising experience, including six years in public relations at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. More recently, she spent fifteen years in management and fundraising roles at a prominent western North Carolina children’s ministry. Sarah is also the author of seven books of historical fiction, and a longtime fan of the Mitford novels upon which the museum bases its outreach programs to the community.