Holy Cross College is proud to announce Leading the Holy Cross Way: An Executive Series with President Marco J. Clark, Ed.D. This second lecture in the series will take place on Friday, September 20, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. in Driscoll Auditorium and will feature Susan Ford, partner and the Chief Operating Officer, at Graham Allen Partners, a locally owned private equity firm specializing in technology.
Ford’s topic will highlight the importance of how we show up and the skills and attributes needed to lead yourself and others. Ford will also introduce a new tool that will assist those in attendance how to better understand your leadership and personal attributes and strengths. Prior to joining GAP, Susan was a tenured Consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates working with a global client base across multiple industries. She partnered with C-suite executives to ensure their talent strategies were aligned to their desired business outcomes.
Previously, Susan worked with Citi in various operational and talent roles in multiple lines of business. Over the course of her professional career, Susan has lived and worked in England, Japan, New York, Chicago, and now South Bend, where she is an active member of the community. She currently serves on the board of the South Bend Elkhart Regional Partnership, as an Advisor to INVANTI, and is also passionate about mentoring women who are advancing or transitioning in their careers.
Susan received her bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, her M.Sc. from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and an Executive Management Certificate from the University of Notre Dame.
This new series builds on Holy Cross College’s mission to educate and form global citizens with the competence to see and the courage to act, and the Leading the Holy Cross Way is centered on the topic of leadership from the perspective of Holy Cross President Dr. Marco J. Clark and invited executives in residence. “The senior executives who will join us on campus,” explains Dr. Marco J. Clark, President, “are known to be individuals of distinction and honor among their peers in terms of accomplishment, character, and Godly leadership over a lifetime – considered to be a leader among leaders. Or, as the apostle Paul would say, ‘a leader above reproach.'”