Susan Brady 

Susan Brady

SUSAN BRADY is an expert in driving revenue for organizations through the implementation and execution of strategic business development and marketing activities. She is an engaging speaker, coach and teacher, and has deep experience working with executives in a variety of contexts. Prior to re-joining Linkage as Senior Vice President, Susan worked with Mobius Executive Leadership, a premier leadership development consultancy and spinoff of the Harvard Negotiation Project where she coached executives, and led strategic marketing and business development activities. Formally, Susan served as the CEO of the Relational Life Institute, an educational services organization, where during her tenure she led the growth of the customer base by 50%, oversaw the development of 5 new products, and ultimately increased revenues by 250%.

Prior to joining RLI, Susan worked for Vantage Partners, a spinoff of the Harvard Negotiation Project and a relationship management and negotiation training and consulting firm. While there, she served in a variety of roles, including co-director of the Corporate Education business where she led all sales and business development activities.

Susan has also worked as Institute Director and Conference Producer for Linkage, Inc, where she produced the Global Institute for Leadership Development (GILD) and designed international executive conferences on leadership. In 1999, Susan championed and co-founded Linkage’s Women in Leadership Summit.

Susan earned her B.A. while on a theatre scholarship at Marietta College, and holds a Masters in Educational Leadership and Applied Behavioral Sciences from Ohio University. She is known for relationally gaining alignment among multiple stakeholders and development business-critical revenue-producing relationships on behalf of the companies for which she has worked. She is also a contributing author to the book: Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Path to Leadership, published by Josey Bass, March 2005.