Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope joined Piper Communications in December 2022 as the Senior Media Relations Specialist. At Piper, she is responsible for securing media relationships and coverage to increase client visibility. 

Sarah’s primary responsibilities include media database creation and management, writing pitches, news releases and media alerts, pitching and coordinating media interviews and tracking and compiling media coverage. She also plans and executes events for Piper and serves as a speaker and media liaison at said events. 

Sarah worked at Piper several years ago as its Project Manager and returned last year. Prior to Piper, she was an account executive at another leading public relations firm in Knoxville and was the Senior Manager of Public Relations for Knoxville’s convention and visitor’s bureau. 

In 2006, she graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. 

When she’s not working, she spends time with her husband, Robbie, and two children, Shelby Anne and Jackson and their beagle, Honey. She is a proud dance, baseball and robotics mom.