Chief Corporate Affairs Officer & EVP, Pfizer

Thursday, June 1, 2023

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Reshma Saujani
Founder, Girls Who Code & Moms First

As Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Sally Susman leads engagement with all of Pfizer's external stakeholders overseeing communications, corporate responsibility, global policy, government relations, patient advocacy and investor relations. She also serves as vice chair of The Pfizer Foundation.

Before joining Pfizer in 2007, Susman held several senior communications and government relations roles at The Estée Lauder Companies and American Express. Earlier in her career, she spent eight years on Capitol Hill focused on international trade issues and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs in the Clinton Administration.

Currently, Susman serves as co-chair of The International Rescue Committee, one of the world's largest humanitarian aid organizations, and on the board of UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2022, Forbes named Susman one of the World's Most Influential CMOs for Pfizer’s efforts to combat vaccine misinformation and embrace new communications channels.

Susman is the author of the forthcoming book, Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World, which will be published by Harvard Business Press in March 2023. Visit SallySusman.com to learn more.