Sara L. Robertson

Director of Market Strategy
srobertson@gbq.com
(614) 947-5223

Sara is a partner in the firm and serves as GBQ’s Director of Market Strategy. In this role, she is responsible for leading the firm’s growth efforts and overseeing the marketing and sales functions for alignment toward targeted revenue growth. She is responsible for coordinating GBQ’s organic growth efforts and facilitating increased collaboration amongst practice areas, management, and service lines. Sara works closely with the growth strategy team and Managing Director, as well as niche leaders and the member group, to plan and support growth initiatives.

Since joining GBQ, Sara has led the Firm’s vision for growth by overseeing and executing corporate identity programs, events, advertising, direct mail, social media, CRM and public relations campaigns. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Sara worked in marketing at the Ohio Restaurant Association.

Sara graduated from Miami University with a degree in Marketing and Finance. She is a member of the American Marketing Association (AMA) and the Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM), where she has held various leadership roles.

She is a member of the Boomer Marketing & Practice Development Circle, the American Marketing Association, and the Association for Accounting Marketing’s Advanced Digital CX Circle. Demonstrating her commitment to the community, Sara holds a position on the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Board and serves on the Chamber’s marketing committee. She is also treasurer of The Beehive Alliance, a Meals on Wheels volunteer, SMART Columbus Acceleration Partner Program member, and a former president of the OhioHealth Foundation’s Kitchen Kapers board and Barrington Elementary School’s PTO. 

Sara was named “Rookie of the Year” at GBQ in 2005, was awarded the firm’s “Internal Five Star Service” award in 2007 and received the Jack Boyle Leadership Award in 2015, 2018 and 2020. In July 2013, she was named a “YP to Know” in Central Ohio by the Columbus Young Professionals Club.

In 2015, Sara was recognized by Columbus Business First as one of Columbus’ Forty Under Forty. She is a 2018 graduate of Leadership Columbus.

Education

  • Miami University (Oxford, OH) – B.A., Marketing and Finance

Professional Associations

  • American Marketing Association (AMA)
  • Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM)
  • AAM’s Advanced Digital CX Circle
  • Boomer Marketing Circle
  • Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Board Member and Marketing Committee Chair
  • SMART Columbus Acceleration Partner Program Member