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As the Sr. Private Sector Engagement Advisor for the Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition office in USAID’s Global Health (GH) Bureau Susan works with U.S and local companies, financiers and investors to facilitate new business models and shared value efforts, maximizing all partners’ core competencies, to produce results.

Susan served as the founder and CEO of SR International, a consulting company that worked with businesses, governments and non-profits to develop effective partnerships. She has also held senior positions CARE where she led teams to execute transformative changes to organizational and programmatic models that drove improved health outcomes. She is a highly regarded speaker and author of the award-winning book, Expanding the Pie: Fostering Effective Non-Profit and Corporate Partnerships

Susan has a dual degree--Master’s in Business Administration/Masters of Science in Management from Tilburg University/Purdue University, a Master’s in Public Health from University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from SUNY Plattsburgh.