Sara Winegar Budge Psy.D.
Director of US Programs, Oregon Licensed Psychologist, Moonshot
2022, 2024, 2025
Sara Winegar Budge, PsyD is the Director of US Programs at Moonshot and a licensed psychologist in Oregon. Her clinical work focuses on individuals who are or have been involved in violent extremism. She has developed and delivered multiple training courses for mental health providers working with individuals involved in violent extremism or at risk of targeted violence. Dr. Budge has taught the psychology of terrorism at the undergraduate and graduate level and served as an instructor in the graduate program at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. She brings a deep understanding of the research and theory behind terrorism and targeted violence to the practices applied to prevent violence.
It is a tragic reality that hateful ideology has found fertile ground online and offline, with consequences affecting not only Americans but people around the world. We cannot stand idle in the face of bias, bigotry, and extremism. Together, at the Eradicate Hate Summit and beyond, the collective will of individuals and organizations is needed to galvanize all people of good will to protect and defend our communities.
