Susan is a senior human resources executive with extensive experience guiding large-scale transformation in global companies, including industrial manufacturing, defense, retail and technology. She is a trusted advisor in the C-suite and in the board room, with a track record of developing diverse executive teams that exceed performance expectations and deliver shareholder value.

As a board member and advisor, Susan is valued as a collaborative strategic partner. On the Board at EJ, a global, family owned infrastructure manufacturing company, she serves as the Compensation and Succession Committee chair. She also serves on the board and is Compensation Committee chair and a member of the Nomination and Governance Committee at the National Safety Council, America’s pre-eminent safety advocacy organization. In addition, Susan serves as an advisor to several exciting high-growth companies, including AirVet, Wellist and augment.us. She drives best practice in governance and has successfully implemented progressive enhancements to committee charters, processes and executive compensation and succession planning.

In 2023, Susan retired as the chief people officer at Chemours, where she helped the company define significant corporate responsibility commitment goals to reach by 2030. With a leadership portfolio including human resources, environment, health and safety, Susan guided management and the board to launch the company’s first talent review and succession process, progressive total rewards and incentives, and an environment that ensured top-tier safety of the workforce. Prior to Chemours, Susan led human resources teams at large, publicly traded companies, including Albemarle Corporation, Hewlett-Packard and The Home Depot. In her adopted hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Susan is passionate about community development and public health and safety, and volunteers with Meals on Wheels, REACH Riverside and Stop Soldier Suicide. Besides her professional and community service work, Susan is a proud Marine Corps spouse who works in support of Marine families.

Susan earned a bachelor of arts in Asian studies and political science from Rice University, in Houston, Texas, and an MBA, with a concentration in international business, from the University of Texas in Austin.