Susan Egmont is principal of Egmont Associates, an executive search firm for non-profit organizations and for corporations, foundations and academic centers with non-profit interests. She offers the experience of twenty-five years in youth development, education, workforce development, healthcare, children's issues, the arts, and in organizations fighting hunger and poverty. Susan's passion is excellence in non-profit management. Her client work includes leadership transition planning, board and search committee development, recruiting and coaching.
Susan was formerly Deputy Director, Boston Private Industry Council, and Director of the Boston Local School-to-Career Partnership. In this position she coordinated 60 staff in 41 sites and directed the recruitment and involvement of 1,600 employers. Susan was Executive Director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts' foundation and spent eleven years in management at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. She holds an MBA from Emory University and is a Certified Association Executive and Certified Fund Raising Executive. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, as a volunteer for Eureka Communities Boston and The Rhode Island Foundation, and on the Patriots' Trail Girl Scouts Council's Leading Women advisory committee.