Sarah E. Grether, 1988-2010, joined the Mackinac Center for Public Policy staff as an intern in 2005. In October 2006, she began helping to compile and draft the Center’s weekly Michigan Education Digest under the supervision of Dr. Ryan Olson. In 2009, she served as a research intern for the Center's Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative.

Sarah was killed in a traffic accident in February 2010. The Mackinac Center published tributes to her from her Mackinac Center colleagues here.