Mn Council of Foundations - Update on Philanthropy

Susie Brown is the President of the Minnesota Council on Foundations, a position she has held since April 2019. Prior to that Susie has spent her career in the nonprofit sector, the last 20 years in Minnesota. Mostly recently she was the executive director of the Hennepin County Bar Association, and following a successful merger, the chief perating officer of the combined Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association and Ramsey County Bar Association. She also served as the public policy director for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, and, for 10 years on the faculty at the Hamline University School of Business, where she taught in the Masters of Nonprofit Management program. Susie grew up in the St. Croix Valley, and lives in St. Paul with her husband and daughter.