Alumna Achievement Award
Sabrina Horn ’83
Best-selling author
Sabrina Horn is an award-winning CEO, communications expert, and C-suite advisor, and bestselling author of Make It, Don’t Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success. Her career is highlighted by 25 years as Founder, CEO and President of Horn Group, the iconic U.S. tech communications agency she founded in Silicon Valley at age 29. Her firm counselled thousands of tech executives and their companies through rapid growth, category creation, brand transformation, global expansion, IPOs and acquisitions, pivots, and crisis matters.
Horn is currently CEO of Horn Strategy, LLC, a consulting firm focused on helping entrepreneurs and CEOs navigate the early stages of their start-up companies. She serves as an advisor and board member for a number of organizations and is a frequent speaker at industry forums and leadership conferences.
A strong advocate for women in entrepreneurship, Horn has been recognized by New York Business Journal as a Women of Influence, and by Paramount Public Relations as a Top Woman in PR. She graduated with a B.A. in American Studies from HWS and an M.S. in Public Relations from Boston University. In 2015, she served as a judge for the Pitch Contest, and in 2016, she was a Professional in Residence and the featured alum speaker at the HWS IdeaLab.