PartnerMcKinsey & Company
Susan Colby is a partner in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company and a leader in the Social Sector Practice. She leads the Firm’s North American Education Practice working with philanthropies, districts, charter schools, higher education institutions and companies to achieve unprecedented results in K-12 and higher education. Susan recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Stupski Foundation where she led work to reinvent public education from the statehouse to the student so that students could own and drive their learning. Prior to this, Susan was a founding partner of The Bridgespan Group and led their work in K-12 education and philanthropic strategy for more than a decade. Susan has also served as co-president of the Sustainable Development Sector at Monsanto starting businesses and supporting organizations to serve small-holder farmers in Mexico, Kenya, and India. Earlier in her career, she worked at McKinsey & Company. She is a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute-NewSchools (Pahara) Entrepreneurial Leaders for Public Education. Susan received a B.A. from American University cum laude and an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.