Sara Sozzani Maino is the Creative Director of the Sozzani Foundation. She collaborates with educational institutions and serves on several boards working and creating awareness for a more responsible planet. Sara is part of the advisory board of the Circular Fashion Summit in support of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Sara is a creative advisor for CNCC (Conde Nast Commercial Creative), dealing with multi-platform projects for the Condé Nast Italia brands. She founded Vogue Talents–a worldwide project and network supporting independent creative talent–with Franca Sozzani in 2009.
Since 2005, in collaboration with Altaroma, Sara has curated the Who is on Next? competition in support of Made in Italy. She regularly attends fashion competitions, including LVMH Prize, the Woolmark Prize, Fashion Trust Arabia, and International Talent Support (ITS) as a judge and consultant.
Sara has been the International Brand Ambassador of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana since 2018 in support of the new generation of designers. She is also part of Camera Fashion Trust, founded in 2018 in support of Made in Italy designers. In 2019 she launched A New Awareness, a project that aims to create more awareness and consciousness in the younger generation. Since 2020 she has been a senior advisor for Bidayat, a multi-dimensional platform aiming to power the creative ecosystem. In May 2021, Sare received the Positive Change Award from Monte Carlo Fashion Week.