Susan has 30 years of broad and diverse operational, legal, human resources, strategic development, and leadership experience. Most recently, she served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for the largest division (Texas) of CommonSpirit Health, the nation’s largest nonprofit health system. Susan also worked for the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, first as Assistant General Counsel and later as Director of Legal Services, Human Resources, Communications/Marketing, Public Affairs, Government Affairs and Leasing. During her two stints with the Housing Authority, Susan served as a co-lead on the development and submission to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a $100 Million HOPE VI grant to raze and replace 2,000 dilapidated public housing units into a mixed-income/mixed use housing development community, including providing grants to public housing customers to purchase homes in the new development; worked with HUD, elected officials and administrators on significant legislative and business issues impacting public housing and the Housing Choice Voucher program; and served as the agency’s representative in public hearings and other matters with the City of Cincinnati Council, resident councils and other public and private entities. Susan has also served as the Associate Vice President of Human Resources at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Assistant General Counsel to Cincinnati Public Schools.
Susan earned her Juris Doctorate from Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Susan has served as a volunteer for various non-profits, including Star of Hope, Lord of the Streets, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati, Court Appointed Special Advocate, and Ronald McDonald House. She has also served on the Boards of Patients Medical Center, Lakeside Hospital, YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, Greater Cincinnati Women’s Lawyer Association, Cincinnati Bar Association, Northern Kentucky University Executive Leadership in Organizational Change Program, and the City of Cincinnati Civil (Human) Rights Commission.
Susan was raised in a military family and grew up in Korea, Germany, Colorado, Georgia, Alabama, West Virginia, and Ohio. She and her husband Jim have been married 34 years and have one son – Alex – who is a college freshman. In her free time, Susan enjoys traveling with family and friends.
