SARAH KLEE HOOD
Candidate for Congress, New York’s 22nd District
Service: U.S. Air Force
Sarah Klee Hood was born and raised in Central New York. Upon completion of her service in the U.S. Air Force, her family relocated back to CNY and her children attend public school in DeWitt.
“As a full-time working mother with a young and active family, when I look to our town leadership, I don’t see anyone representing our needs and interests. I want to know our town is working for folks like us and I’d hope our children would want to return to DeWitt to raise their family. I’m looking to bring transparency to our town operations, increase the community-town partnership, and build equity to our community.”
While in the Air Force, Sarah served as an airfield operations officer (13M3, Captain). She led a team of 140 members across four diverse aviation agencies, managed a $25M annual operations budget, and supported assets valued over $15B. Sarah’s ability bring together competing interests led to federal policy implementations that currently serve as the national models. During her tenure, Sarah earned the stratifications of #4 in the Wing and #1 in the Squadron among her peers.
Presently, Sarah works in non-profit management within the economic development and technology start-up field. Prior to this current role, Sarah was a program manager at Saab Sensis, where she utilized her transportation and logistics expertise to oversaw a team of engineers delivering efficiency solutions for our nation’s largest airport stakeholders.
Sarah is actively engaged in her community, serving as a board member for a local HUD managed non-profit agency, serving as a member on the DeWitt Police Commission and involved in her children’s school district.
She received her BS and U.S. Air Force Commission (AFROTC) through Arizona State University and her MBA through Syracuse University.