Sarah is a consultant for Empowerment Financial Group.  She also taught a political science class in leadership and public policy change at Missouri State University in their Executive in Residence program.  She finished a four year term as State Treasurer of Missouri serving as the 44th State Treasurer after having been elected in 2004.  Steelman elected not to run again for State Treasurer and made an unsuccessful bid for Governor in 2008.

As Missouri Treasurer Steelman was responsible for the management of more than $19 billion in Missouri’s annual revenue and managed the investment of over $3 billion in long- and short-term investments in the state’s portfolio. She started the first terror-free investment fund in the nation which ensured that no taxpayer dollars are invested in terrorist sponsoring countries.  Many other states have followed her lead enacting similar policies.

As treasurer Steelman served as chairman of the state’s Higher Education Savings Board, which administers the Missouri Saving for Tuition, or MOST program and as Chairman of the Missouri Housing Development Commission.  She also served as a member of the Missouri State Employee Retirement System and the Board of Fund Commissioners that oversees issuance of debt instruments by the state.

In 1998 and 2002, Steelman was elected to serve as the Senator for the 16th State Senatorial District. As a member of the State Senate, Steelman served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce and the Environment. She served as a member of the Senate Committee on Aging, Families, Mental and Public Health; a member of the Senate Committee on Education; and a member of the Senate Committee on Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight.

She also served on the Missouri Consolidated Health Plan Board of Trustees; the Joint Task Force on Terrorism, Bio-Terrorism and Homeland Security; and the Joint Committee on Rules.

Previously, Steelman served as deputy director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources – Division of Geology and Land Survey. She also worked as an economist for the Department of Revenue and as an adjunct professor in economics at Lincoln University. She served as an investment broker and as the director of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program in Rolla, a not-for-profit organization that matches children in need of attention with volunteer mentors.

Steelman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Missouri – Columbia.  She is married to David Steelman and is the mother of three boys – Sam, Joe, and Michael.  Her stepdaughter, Amanda is married to Taylor Moore and lives in Springfield, Missouri with their baby Lily.