Author Bio
Ms. Sandra Camillo, M.S., is a Non-Profit Governance Strategist, with a dedicated history of promoting equity for women through advocacy and education. She offers decades of experience in applying strategic compliance techniques to new and established non-profit organizations, with an aim to advance risk mitigation and promote adherence to federal, state, and local government regulations. Over the last two decades, Ms. Camillo contributed, meaningfully, to various areas of inquiry, with service in roles that include School Principal (New York and Texas); Corporate Paralegal (New York); and Court Appointed Special Advocate (Missouri).
She supported the mission of various professions in her lifelong search to remain visible as a woman, and performed in important roles such as, teacher, school principal, paralegal, receivership specialist, realtor, writer, blogger, court-appointed special advocate, and legal compliance and governance expert. Her transformative contributions to promote women’s equity span across a history of more than two decades, with service to numerous professions that helped to advance compliance leadership, management, planning, and successful organizational execution. She served on the National Board of Directors of the American Association of University women (AAUW), a top-ranked women’s advocacy nonprofit dedicated to empowering women, as a Director, Secretary of the Board and Governance Consultant, and travelled across U.S to speak to AAUW stakeholders about women’s issues.
Ms. Camillo’s past and present affiliations, including that of AAUW, Save the Cathedral Foundation; The Foundation for the Revitalization of the Arts District, Dallas, Texas; St. John’s University Alumni Association; Accreditation Committee for the State of Texas Private School Association; Family Court of St. Louis, MO (CASA); and the Safe Center, New York, reflect her commitment to women’s issues, ageism, education, and the law.
A native New Yorker, activist against ageism, women’s advocate, grandmother, wife, and mother (including of Chris Camillo—successful author of Laughing at Wall Street), Ms. Camillo holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education from St. John’s University; a postgraduate Certification in Administration from the University of Dallas, a Court-Appointed Special Advocate Certification, and real estate licenses from New York and Texas. She is an avid reader and a micro-blogger, focusing on aging and women’s issues with more than 1,000 followers on Twitter.
