47th Annual Conference and
Future Leaders Forum

June 5-8, 2011

"Building the Capacity to Transform the Food Security Landscape"

Speakers and Panelists

Susan Schram, ACDI / VOCA

Susan Schram currently serves in the President's Office at ACDI/VOCA as Vice President for Outreach and Cooperative Programs. She works in the areas of Congressional affairs; cooperative development; partnership building with universities, research institutes and private sector companies; and on Board-related matters with ACDI/VOCA's President. She left her position in Extension Administration at Michigan State University in 1980 to move to Washington, DC, to work for the Assistant Secretary of Science and Education at USDA. She later worked as a consultant for LBS International, Inc.; for the University of Maryland's Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Natural Resources while completing her Ph.D.; served as Assistant Director of Federal Relations for International Affairs at the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges;

directed the Food and Agriculture Program for Columbia University's Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and served as its Deputy Director of Washington Operations; and was founding Executive Director of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa just prior to joining ACDI/VOCA. She holds BS and MA degrees from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.