Sarah Irving
{{Short description|Canadian businesswoman}}
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Sarah Irving is a Canadian business executive who was the Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer of Irving Oil, a member company of the Irving Group of Companies, since 2015. She is the granddaughter of K. C. Irving, and heir to billionaire Arthur Irving with an estimated net worth of US$7.01 billion.{{cite web|title=#233, Arthur Irving, $7.01B|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/arthur-l-irving/|accessdate=February 21, 2018|publisher=Bloomberg}}
Irving serves as an adviser to Dartmouth College's Dartmouth College Fund, the school's primary source of financial aid,{{cite web|title=Young Alumni Advisory Board|url=http://www.dartmouthcollegefund.org/volunteers/young-alumni-advisory-board|publisher=Dartmouth College Fund|accessdate=February 21, 2018}} and on the Board of Governors for the Rothesay Netherwood School.{{cite web|title=RNS DIRECTORS & GOVERNORS|url=https://www.rns.cc/page/discover/about-rns/rns-directors---governors|publisher=Rothesay Netherwood School|accessdate=February 21, 2018}} She is also a board trustee for the IWK Foundation.{{cite web|title=IWK Foundation Board of Trustees|url=https://iwkfoundation.org/about-us/iwk-foundation-board-trustees|publisher=IWK Foundation|accessdate=February 22, 2018}}
Business career
Upon graduating from Dartmouth College in 2010,{{Cite web|title=Sarah Irving '10 TU '14 {{!}} The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society|url=https://irving.dartmouth.edu/people/sarah-irving-10-tu-14|access-date=2020-07-02|website=irving.dartmouth.edu}} Irving worked as a strategy consultant for Deloitte in New York for two years before returning to school to receive her MBA. Upon graduating, Irving joined Ian Whitcomb, previously a partner at Deloitte, to lead the family-owned petroleum products refiner and distributor, Irving Oil.{{cite web|title=Former consultant to Irving Oil appointed at new chief executive officer|url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/former-consultant-to-irving-oil-appointed-at-new-chief-executive-officer-1.2407581|accessdate=February 22, 2018|publisher=The Canadian Press|date=June 4, 2015}}
She was on the leadership team of Irving Oil, as the company's executive vice president and chief brand officer.{{cite web|title=Irving Oil Leadership Team|url=http://irvingoil.com/en/who-we-are/our-leadership/leadership-team|accessdate=February 21, 2018|publisher=Irving Oil}} In addition, Irving was the second of Arthur Irving's children (his eldest son, Kenneth, was President of Irving Oil for a decade but abruptly left in 2010) to hold a senior position at the company, suggesting a possible succession plan at Irving Oil, in which Sarah Irving would take over the privately owned business.{{cite web|title=Irving Oil names family member to senior role|url=https://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKBN0OK2HF20150604|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223050616/https://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKBN0OK2HF20150604|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2018|accessdate=February 22, 2018|publisher=Reuters|date=June 4, 2015|first=Richard|last=Valdmanis}}
As Chief Brand Officer, Irving led several initiatives to improve the oil company's community image, such as raising $300,000 to help defray hospital travel costs with the company's seven partner hospitals across Canada and New England.{{cite web|title=Irving Oil's First Ever Fuel the Care Day to Help Local Families with Hospital Travel Costs|url=https://boereport.com/2015/10/08/irving-oils-first-ever-fuel-the-care-day-to-help-local-families-with-hospital-travel-costs-the-one-day-event-is-expected-to-raise-over-300000/|accessdate=February 22, 2018|publisher=CNW Telbec|date=October 8, 2015}} She also served as the keynote speaker for a charity auction hosted by the Junior Achievement branch in Canada.{{cite web|title=JA New Brunswick Proudly Hosts the 2017 Futures Unlimited Banquet & Silent Auction|url=http://www.janewbrunswick.ca/news/2017/1/25/sarah-irving-to-speak-at-ja-saint-john-event|accessdate=February 22, 2018|publisher=Junior Achievement|date=January 25, 2017|first=Haley|last=Bungay}} Additionally, Irving served as the keynote speaker at the East Coast Energy Connection conference, in which she described the critical role that Saint John, Canada played in the future of Irving Oil.{{cite web|title=Sarah Irving and Arthur Irving Sell the Benefits of Building a Business in Saint John|url=http://huddle.today/sarah-irving-arthur-irving-sell-benefits-building-business-saint-john/|accessdate=February 22, 2018|publisher=Huddle|date=June 6, 2017|first=Mark|last=Leger}}
In 2016, Irving was listed as one of Canada's most powerful business people.{{cite web|title=Canada’s Most Powerful Business People 2016: #21 — Sarah Irving|url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/most-powerful-people/21-2015-sarah-irving-irving-oil/|accessdate=February 21, 2018|publisher=Rogers Media, Canadian Business}}
Education
Irving graduated from the Rothesay Netherwood School in 2006, where she currently serves as a Governor. In 2010, Irving received a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) from Dartmouth College, where she rowed division 1 crew and competed at the NCAA Division I Rowing Championship.{{cite web|title=Dartmouth Women's Crew 2007 NCAA Championship media notes|url=http://dartmouthsports.com/pdf7/77463.pdf?atclid=899724&spsid=48951&spid=4731|accessdate=February 22, 2018|publisher=Dartmouth College Sports}} In 2014, Irving received a Masters in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Personal
In 2016, Irving, Irving Oil, her family, and the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation made a lead gift of $80 million to Dartmouth College, founding the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society.{{cite web|title=Announcing the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society|url=https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2016/09/announcing-arthur-l-irving-institute-energy-and-society|accessdate=February 21, 2018|date=September 16, 2016|publisher=Dartmouth College}}{{cite web|title=About the Donors, Irving Center|url=http://irving.dartmouth.edu/about-institute/about-donors|accessdate=February 21, 2018|publisher=Dartmouth College}} The donation was considered controversial by alumni of the college given the conflict of interest between Irving Oil and the center's mission of tackling global energy issues.{{cite web|title=Irving: College Takes a PR Drubbing|url=http://www.dartblog.com/data/2016/09/012895.php|accessdate=February 21, 2018|date=September 28, 2016|publisher=Dartblog|first=Joseph|last=Asch}} In addition, an opinion article in The Dartmouth directly criticized Irving for funding the institute.{{cite web|title=Dirty Money, Clean Cause|url=http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2016/09/dirty-money-clean-cause|accessdate=February 21, 2018|date=September 27, 2017|publisher=The Dartmouth|first=David|last=Van Wie}}