Sara Arnett

Communities for Kids Convening Community Panel

Sara Arnett volunteers as development coordinator for the Stick Creek Kids Child Development Center in Wood River, Nebraska, and serves on the board of Wood River Vision 2020 Inc., a community development nonprofit that owns the center. She was a member of the core leadership team that began the community’s child care solution journey in 2018 and celebrated its opening in May 2021. Professionally, Arnett is CEO of Heritage Insurance, where she specializes in child care insurance. She also manages regulatory compliance for Heritage Bank. Arnett is a native Nebraskan, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln grad and completed the Lilly School of Philanthropy’s “How to Manage a Capital Campaign” course in 2018. She enjoys spending her free time with her husband, Steve, and grown children Maggie, Knox and Cole. She also enjoys cooking, travel, and volunteering to improve the community and create brighter futures.