About Sava Berhané

Sava Berhané was born to Ethiopian parents. In high school, she was a competitive Certamen player in the National Junior Classical League and an accomplished basketball player including as a nominee for the McDonald’s All-American games.

She graduated from Mount Holyoke College at the top of her class. She then joined the Obama for America campaign as a member of the national policy team before entering a career in corporate finance and M&A at GE.

Most recently, Sava served as the founding CEO of eCaring, an early stage medical software development company, where she led the design of a caregiver management platform and mobile app. She took this role after spending several years leading and consulting private-equity backed companies growing through acquisition.

Sava periodically teaches negotiations and business fundamentals as a senior lecturer at Brandeis University. She has a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Education

BA in Politics, Mount Holyoke College
JD in Law, Yale University

Professional Fields

Work History

SVP of Customer Success, Alayacare
Founding CEO, eCaring
Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Business, Brandeis University

Milestones and Recognition

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Emerging Executive Pinnacle Award
Harvard Business School, Young American Leaders Award
Oxford University, Laurel Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, John Kenneth Galbraith Scholar in Social Policy