Sabrina Prud’homme
Board Member

Pronouns: she, her

Sabrina Prud’homme is the university board secretary to the Board of Trustees of Southern Oregon University (SOU). A governance professional, Sabrina works to ensure that the governing Board of Trustees maintains compliance with laws and regulations. She serves as a strategic advisor to the board and acts as the board’s liaison with campus and community members. She is a member of the National Council of Board Professionals and has led sessions and consulting engagements on board governance topics.

A member of the president’s cabinet, Sabrina also has served as the executive liaison member of SOU’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Leadership Team in 2020 and 2021 and is currently a member of the SOU President’s Committee for Equity and Diversity.

Committed to education both in her work and in her spare time, Sabrina served as an elected director on the Ashland School Board for the Ashland School District (ASD) for many years.  She was a member of the Oregon School Board Association’s School Board Members of Color Caucus, the ASD Budget Committee, and the Ashland Schools Foundation.

In her spare time, Sabrina serves as the inaugural board president of BASE (Black Alliance and Social Empowerment) Southern Oregon. She is also a member of BASE’s Race Equity Liaison Committee, dedicated to improving anti-bias efforts and community relations among local Black residents, in partnership with the Jackson County Sheriff and the police chiefs of Ashland, Central Point, Medford, Phoenix and Talent, Oregon.  Sabrina is also a member of the Oregon Community Foundation’s Southern Oregon Leadership Council.

She is a four-time recipient of SOU’s Service Excellence Award, the 2023 recipient of the Jolie Johnson Award for Women’s Leadership from the Southern Oregon Women’s Leadership Conference, and she is an inaugural recipient of the Social Empowerment Award from the BASE organization (2025).