Susana has over 25 years’ experience in higher education advancement. Prior to her current role, she served as the Associate Vice-President, Alumni Relations and Development at Western University in London, Ontario where the Be Extraordinary campaign raised over $800 million. Before her ten years at Western, Susana served at two universities in California — first as Executive Director, Advancement, University of California (Merced), and then as Vice-President for University Advancement at California State University (Stanislaus). She also spent ten years working in Advancement at the University of Toronto, where she played a key role in the success of their first $1 billion fundraising campaign.
Susana is a graduate of the University of Toronto and has an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University. She is a member of and has volunteered with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE), and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). She is also a proud mentor with the Women in Leadership Foundation and a board director of the Alpha Phi Foundation Canada.