40 Under Forty Awards 2024
Sarah Calenda | 37
Director of Advisory Consulting, Financial Services Regulatory and Compliance Risk, KPMG LLP
What is the best advice you have ever received? Being proactive and having self-awareness is a recipe to effectively navigate any challenge put in front of you.
Where do you see yourself in five years? Grow in my role as a leader in the consumer compliance practice by providing excellent services to our clients and continuing to focus on the development of our people.
What was your first job? Serving soft-serve ice cream cones at Jennie’s Dairy Freeze.
What advice would you give your 22-year-old self? Have confidence in yourself and always keep a cold bottle of prosecco to celebrate your accomplishments – little or big.
What moment changed your life more than any other? Becoming a parent brought more perspective to both my career and personal life than I ever could have imagined.
What is your greatest attribute that you bring to your job? My team would tell you that my greatest attribute is a combination of my no-nonsense attitude and reasonableness.
What is your favorite Rhode Island food or drink? RI Guys Donut Cake.
What was your last streaming or cable binge watch? “Palm Royale.”
What is your preferred source for national news? The Wall Street Journal.