The People Building Coravel
Sarah Georgiades
Vice President, Public Affairs
Washington, DC
Sarah Georgiades believes successful infrastructure development starts with understanding the local context and engaging communities early.
As Vice President of Public Affairs, Sarah is building Coravel’s community and public affairs capability. She brings community insight, stakeholder relationships and external risk into decisions from site selection and development through construction and operations.
Sarah brings more than 15 years of experience in community affairs, public affairs and infrastructure. Before joining Coravel, she led Community and Public Affairs for AWS data center infrastructure across the Americas and held earlier infrastructure and government affairs roles, including at Transurban and in the national security industry.
Trackside at the Singapore Grand Prix
What brought you to Coravel?
I was drawn to the opportunity to build a function from the ground up at an important moment for digital infrastructure. Coravel combines deep development expertise with the agility to make thoughtful decisions quickly, and I saw an opportunity to help shape how the company grows alongside the communities where we operate.
What do you think Coravel is doing differently?
We’re bringing community and external considerations into the development process early rather than treating engagement as something that begins after major decisions have already been made. That creates better projects, clearer expectations and stronger long-term relationships.
What are you focused on right now?
Building a consistent global approach to community and public affairs while making sure it remains grounded in the local realities of each market. That means listening early, identifying risk and opportunity, and helping our teams turn commitments into measurable actions.
What does “Engineered to Deliver. Built to Last.” mean to you?
Durable infrastructure also requires durable relationships. In my role, that means listening early, being clear about impacts and benefits, incorporating local insight into project decisions and following through on the commitments we make.
What will the future of digital infrastructure require?
Trust and deep partnership. The scale and pace of growth will demand close coordination among developers, utilities, governments and the communities that host this infrastructure.