Sarah Beadle ’22 MBA

Senior Project Manager, GE Vernova

Innovating technologies to create a more sustainable future

Sarah Beadle ’22 MBA is helping manage the construction of the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, overseeing all business operations for GE Vernova’s offshore wind farm being built in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Her work is helping the nation transition to alternate and sustainable sources of energy.

Prior to GE, Beadle served for seven years as one of the first female submarine officers in the U.S. Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant. Her passion for sustainable energy was fostered as she trained with the Nuclear Power Training Unit and served aboard the USS Georgia, a guided missile Ohio class nuclear submarine. There, she led the Reactor Laboratory Division and went on to serve as the Tactical Systems Officer, Lock-out Chamber Officer, Anti-Terrorism Officer, and Strike Officer, earning a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

In 2020, Beadle arrived at Notre Dame to serve as an Assistant Professor of Naval Science and to complete her Master of Business Administration degree from the Mendoza College of Business. As part of the University’s Naval ROTC program, she mentored more than 200 undergraduate students and earned a second Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. As the Nuclear Propulsion Program Officer, Beadle also prepared students for interviews at Naval Reactors with a pass rate of 100 percent.

Beadle continues to support Notre Dame as a member of the ND Club of Boston. She hails originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, and received her undergraduate degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida in 2015 where she was a member of that university’s Naval ROTC program and a member of Sigma Kappa sorority. She is also currently the president-elect of the New England Gator Club.