Susie Brown is the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation's Managing Director of Client Foundations. She is excited to be part of the Community Impact team, which works in close partnership with communities and Minnesota's nonprofit organizations.

Susie recently led the Minnesota Council on Foundations and spent several years at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. Those experiences gave her a strong big-picture context about how Minnesota's foundations and nonprofits work together to support communities. Her educational background includes a Bachelor's degree from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Vermont. She continued to learn while she taught for many years in the Master's of Nonprofit Management program at Hamline University.

Originally from the St. Croix Valley, Susie is pleased to serve as a volunteer committee member for the St. Croix Valley Foundation. She views it as her small way to give back to the community she grew up in, which continues to be an important part of her life. Outside of work, Susie loves to run, ski, sail, read, cook and travel. She lives in Saint Paul with her husband and they have a young daughter who lives nearby. They are often in the St. Croix Valley where they enjoy the area's beauty and recreational opportunities.