diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 468c39b..1e66584 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export {
   processEmails,
   retryFailedEmails,
   parseAndValidateEmails,
+  sanitizeDisplayName,
+  sanitizeFromName,
 } from './utils/helpers.js'
 
 // Email processing utilities
diff --git a/src/sendEmail.ts b/src/sendEmail.ts
index 881759d..e31e83d 100644
--- a/src/sendEmail.ts
+++ b/src/sendEmail.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Payload } from 'payload'
-import { getMailing, renderTemplate, parseAndValidateEmails } from './utils/helpers.js'
+import { getMailing, renderTemplate, parseAndValidateEmails, sanitizeFromName } from './utils/helpers.js'
 import { BaseEmailDocument } from './types/index.js'
 import { processJobById } from './utils/emailProcessor.js'
 
@@ -104,15 +104,7 @@ export const sendEmail = async <TEmail extends BaseEmailDocument = BaseEmailDocu
   }
 
   // Sanitize fromName to prevent header injection
-  if (emailData.fromName) {
-    emailData.fromName = emailData.fromName
-      .trim()
-      // Remove/replace newlines and carriage returns to prevent header injection
-      .replace(/[\r\n]/g, ' ')
-      // Remove control characters (except space and printable characters)
-      .replace(/[\x00-\x1F\x7F-\x9F]/g, '')
-      // Note: We don't escape quotes here as that's handled in MailingService
-  }
+  emailData.fromName = sanitizeFromName(emailData.fromName as string)
 
   // Normalize Date objects to ISO strings for consistent database storage
   if (emailData.scheduledAt instanceof Date) {
diff --git a/src/services/MailingService.ts b/src/services/MailingService.ts
index 3f56965..c380bc9 100644
--- a/src/services/MailingService.ts
+++ b/src/services/MailingService.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   BaseEmail, BaseEmailTemplate, BaseEmailDocument, BaseEmailTemplateDocument
 } from '../types/index.js'
 import { serializeRichTextToHTML, serializeRichTextToText } from '../utils/richTextSerializer.js'
+import { sanitizeDisplayName } from '../utils/helpers.js'
 
 export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
   public payload: Payload
@@ -44,17 +45,10 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
 
   /**
    * Sanitizes a display name for use in email headers to prevent header injection
-   * and ensure proper formatting
+   * Uses the centralized sanitization utility with quote escaping for headers
    */
   private sanitizeDisplayName(name: string): string {
-    return name
-      .trim()
-      // Remove/replace newlines and carriage returns to prevent header injection
-      .replace(/[\r\n]/g, ' ')
-      // Remove control characters (except space and printable characters)
-      .replace(/[\x00-\x1F\x7F-\x9F]/g, '')
-      // Escape quotes to prevent malformed headers
-      .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
+    return sanitizeDisplayName(name, true) // escapeQuotes = true for email headers
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/utils/helpers.ts b/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 2c0f192..c477c89 100644
--- a/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,44 @@ export const parseAndValidateEmails = (emails: string | string[] | null | undefi
   return emailList
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sanitize display names to prevent email header injection
+ * Removes newlines, carriage returns, and control characters
+ * @param displayName - The display name to sanitize
+ * @param escapeQuotes - Whether to escape quotes (for email headers)
+ * @returns Sanitized display name
+ */
+export const sanitizeDisplayName = (displayName: string, escapeQuotes = false): string => {
+  if (!displayName) return displayName
+
+  let sanitized = displayName
+    .trim()
+    // Remove/replace newlines and carriage returns to prevent header injection
+    .replace(/[\r\n]/g, ' ')
+    // Remove control characters (except space and printable characters)
+    .replace(/[\x00-\x1F\x7F-\x9F]/g, '')
+
+  // Escape quotes if needed (for email headers)
+  if (escapeQuotes) {
+    sanitized = sanitized.replace(/"/g, '\\"')
+  }
+
+  return sanitized
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sanitize and validate fromName for emails
+ * Wrapper around sanitizeDisplayName for consistent fromName handling
+ * @param fromName - The fromName to sanitize
+ * @returns Sanitized fromName or undefined if empty after sanitization
+ */
+export const sanitizeFromName = (fromName: string | null | undefined): string | undefined => {
+  if (!fromName) return undefined
+
+  const sanitized = sanitizeDisplayName(fromName, false)
+  return sanitized.length > 0 ? sanitized : undefined
+}
+
 export const getMailing = (payload: Payload) => {
   const mailing = (payload as any).mailing
   if (!mailing) {